Post by deathzealot on Feb 3, 2017 1:00:59 GMT -5
Zoids New Century: Awakening v1.25
A Zoids New Century/Zero Fanfiction Novel
Written by:
William R. Woods
aka Deathzealot, or
deathzealotzero
Links to the Story On Other Sites:
Fanfiction.Net
DeviantArt
Other Notable Links:
Foreword
[Gives a general overview on what I am planning for this story, therefore read if you wish but not needed to understand the story]
Carrier Tortoise
[One of the new Zoids I created for this story, but not really needed to be read to understand the story. It only really appears in the background]
Hammer Head Transport
[An expanded version of an already exisiting Zoid that shall remain in the background]
Cargo Hammmer
[The second of my new "medium" zoid transports that I created for the purpose of this story, but again only really seen in the background]
Summary: Soon after the Royal Cup the Blitz Team’s ace Bit Cloud receive some startling news which leads him a journey to discover his past and to save the world of Zi once more. Rewrite of The Sabers. Bit/Leena
Chapter 01: A Series of Recent Events – The New Blitz Team
The 43rd Royal Cup was one of the more exciting and well received of any past Royal Cup. While the Backdraft Group did try to pull a coup during the event, destroying several of the orbiting Judge Satellites in the process and taking control of a few other satellites as well. This would be prevented in part by the actions of the Blitz Team, mostly its leading ace Zoid, the Liger Zero and its pilot Bit Cloud. It would be the actions of Liger Zero and Bit Cloud which would make this Royal Cup such an exciting viewing and ended up being watched across Zi numerous times. The fight between Liger Zero and the Backdraft’s own lead zoid, the Berserk Fury would one for the record books joining the ranks of other legendary fights…
- Taken from a news story about the 43rd Royal Cup around May 3, ZAC 3223
Europa, Planet Zi
June 10, ZAC 3223
A whisper of wind breezed through the small valley and the short green grass that covered the valley floor in a layer of greenery. The wind ruffled the grass along with the taller plants that dotted around the small valley before it whispered past a figure laying in the tall grass which only closed its eyes as they felt the breeze rolling past them and around the much larger form standing behind the smaller figure before exiting the small grass-filled valley. In the valley itself, the figure of Bit Cloud opened his eyes with a small sigh as he watched clouds rolled past the blue sky above him. Bit tilted his head slightly upwards to spy the larger form of his Zoid the Liger Zero which silently stood waiting for him to once again to jump into the cockpit.
He smiled slightly for the Zoid had changed quite a bit in the two months since the Royal Cup for Bit took the time along with money he got from winning the Cup to actually upgrade the Zoid. First, the salvaged twin-barrel shock cannon that he equipped the Zoid with after his second battle with the Zoid had been upgraded to a more powerful three-barrel version. Then in its cheeks are a pair of light laser repeater guns, basically, a laser-based machine gun which was a little stronger than the larger Vulcan pods on the zoid’s Jager Armor. Finally, on its back between the pair of ion boosters was a 20mm Laser Cannon similar to those equipped to basic Shield Ligers. This made the Liger Zero’s basic white armor a bit more useable in battle than before since it had only the under-powered Shock Cannons and the Strike Laser Claw in this form during the earlier battles he took part in. The thought of modifying the basic armor he had during his little vacation when he was thinking about his last battle with the Berserk Fury in that the Basic Armor was the only thing he had left. Not to mention feeling that with the other armors sporting a single major strength he needed a more well-rounded armor hence his reasoning for upgrading the basic armor.
Of course, that was not the only thing he had upgraded about the Zoid for the three other armors of the Zoid had also been updated in some form or another with the first two the Jager and the Schneider receiving a few minor upgrades. The only other armor to get a significant upgrade was the hulking Panzer Armor which had downgraded its Hybrid Cannons slightly to make them less of a power draw, and the addition of a series of heat sinks in the armor to prevent any overheating from firing its primary weapons. Of course, these heat sinks couldn’t entirely prevent overheating if the weapons were continuously used for a long time. However, it still allowed Bit to use the Panzer’s weapons during a battle more than once. Not to mention walking around with the armor on which another of the major weakness of the armor for even a simple walk could overheat the zoid given time.
With a long, drawn-out sigh Bit tilted his head back to look at the clouds once more for while upgrading his Zoid was fun and such, it did make his blood boil with anticipation for what awaited them in Class S. However, it looked like he wouldn’t be able to fight like he wanted to in Class S which made the young Zoid pilot frown in thought as he looked down at the crumpled envelope that he held in one hand which covered his chest. The envelope contained a letter that he had received a few weeks before around the time he was finishing up the upgrades to the Liger. It had shocked and horrified him to read it for it was from his hometown on the Eastern Continent which explained it being a hand-written letter instead of an electronic version which the rest of the planet now used for much of its mail. It explained that his home town’s small but highly trained militia had fought off a large bandit attack which resulted in a few casualties including his older brother. It also went on to explain that they had found out that several of the more major bandit groups had started to ally with one another who saw more significant bandit attacks starting to happen across the continent. Since while bandit attacks were quite common on the Eastern Continent with no real force capable of fighting back against the bandits and zoid thieves that roamed around the continent. It was only small bandit groups that could easily be countered by the militia raised by a village of the towns and villages of the Eastern Continent. Therefore, having several of these groups now rallying together made things quite worse for the small-town Bit Cloud had once called home.
It was these minor bandit attacks that were the reason he left his hometown and went out to find the perfect zoid to help in the fight against the bandits plaguing his home. After he didn’t find such a Zoid from dealers and such, he decided to build his own which led him to start collecting parts and junk to make his own perfect Zoid. This would lead him to stumble into that battle between the Blitz Team and the Tiger Team on that fateful day when he first met the Liger Zero which soon became his partner and his dreamed of perfect zoid. However, in all of the excitement and such from Zoid Battles he fought in over the months since he joined the Blitz he had forgotten about what was happening in the Eastern Continent and his hometown which was why this letter troubled him so much along with the death of his older brother. He felt as if he had betrayed his family and the people of his hometown which he felt reasonable for due to being a scion of one of the major militia families of the town.
With a deep long sigh, which ended in a low growl Bit sat up with a determined expression on his face before looking down at the envelope once more. He stuffed it back into the jacket pocket where it had been for the last several days before turning slightly to look at the Liger. He eyed the Zoid before nodding and getting up not minding the grass stains on his clothes before walking towards the large Zoid.
“Alright, Liger I have decided that it is time for this prodigal son to return home. Are you with me partner?” he mentioned looking up at the towering Zoid which growled lightly at his approach.
[Do you even have to ask Bit. You are my pilot and friend. Therefore, I shall follow you anywhere you need to be either the sanctioned battles of Class S or the bloody battles of the Eastern Continent and the fights there,] a gentle, but rumbling voice said in his head which made the young zoid pilot smile in response to the zoid’s reply. It still felt kind of weird to hear a zoid talk back to him, granted he always had been a firm believer in that Zoids were alive and such but having a zoid speak to him was still kind of weird. Even then he started to get used to it which kind of made him seem like a loon as he held several different conversations with the Liger since he began the upgrades.
“Alright then let’s get going Liger we need to make quite a few preparations for the trip home. Unless you want to walk all the way to the Eastern Continent,” he replied as he quickly climbed into the cockpit of the zoid. He smiled at the long growl coming from the Zoid which he knew was the Liger chuckling.
[Oh no. First, that’s impossible for we have to walk under water to get there and two I really don’t want this new paint job messed up from all that salt water. ] The Zoid mentioned with a snort making Bit chuckle in response to the zoid’s vain comment for he knew the Liger while taking pleasure in his appearance was not that vain in that he didn’t want his paint job getting sullied.
“Alright let’s go Liger,” Bit mentioned sending the large zoid running out of the valley with a loud roar. As he did so, Bit narrowed his eyes and promised himself that he would make the bandits pay for all that they have done to his people.
Blitz Team Base
Red Cliff Basin
Europa, Planet Zi
A few minutes later found Bit walking the Liger into the hanger of the Blitz Team Base which was quite crowded with a few extra Zoids now calling the hanger home. He chuckled at this as he brought the Liger into its bay next to the smaller form of the Shadow Fox. The Liger was not the only thing that had been upgraded or changed since the Royal Cup for the Blitz Team was quite larger than before thanks to some recent additions to the roster. This came about after the Team attended an event held in their honor by the Zoid Battle Commission after they returned from their vacations. There they learned more about Class S and the differences they will find in the elite Class S. One of them was larger battles with up to thirty Zoids taking part in some of the battles. Therefore, the small Blitz Team needed to expand if it was going to survive in Class S. It was then that they were told that Class S Teams usually recruited warriors from past rivals to fill out their ranks. After being told this, they first hit up the two-man Fluegel Team, with Naomi Fluegel and Leon Toros, on the suggestion of Brad Hunter. It wouldn’t take long for the two to say yes to the proposal and the Blitz gained two new members as well as their Zoids much to the pleasure of Doc Toros who loved the idea of having a Blade Liger on their team.
As he climbed out of the Liger’s cockpit Bit grinned as he looked over to find the two red Zoids that faced opposite of the Liger and the Shadow Fox. First, there was the red Blade Liger of Leon Toros which was on par with the Liger Zero then in the shadow of the large Liger-type Zoid is the small red Gun Sniper Naomi Special which allowed the former solo warrior to be such a terror on the battlefield in the past. The addition of those two to the team gave them six zoids, a large team by the standards of the lower classes but tiny compared to Class S Teams.
They then turned to look at other teams they had fought against for more recruits and were quite surprised to be approached by Tomas Omari of the Sabre Fangs. From him, they learned of the break-up of the Sabre Fangs with the leader Kirkland returning to his home in the Republic to help in caring for his ailing mother while Lineback signed up for the expanding Zoid Unit of the Commission Security Forces. Omari was left behind to find a new start which he then saw one of the ads put out by the Blitz Team. He then discovered that new start with Blitz when they allowed him to join the team. When the man arrived at the base, they had been surprised to find that he had switched out his Saber Fang with a new Zoid, a modified but still rare Black Redler Aerial Zoid. The Blitz then learned that Omari had originally been trained as an aerial zoid pilot, but due to the low number of aerial zoids in the lower classes, he started to pilot ground zoids. Now that he could start over fresh he decides to go back to his roots, and when he found that a rare Black Redler was being sold by a Zoid Dealer, he snapped it up from the money he got from his savings and selling his Saber Fang.
This led to Bit to look over to see the Black Redler sitting next to Jamie’s Raynos which saw his eyes gently sliding over to the last of the recent additions to the Blitz Team which made him chuckle a bit for it was a Zoid that made Doc Toros do a little happy dance when he first saw it due its rarity. The Zoid in question: a Desert Liger, a variant of the more famous Shield Liger. This Liger is owned and piloted by a man named Ray Gregg, a former member of the Helic Republic Military who left the service after ten years. He now decided to try his hand in Zoid Battles and found himself a bit disappointed in said battles but finding out that Class S Battles were somewhat more exciting responded to the Blitz Team’s recruitment drive. When he arrived at the base with his Zoid, it sent Doc Toros into a frenzy for while Desert Ligers were a variant of the Shield Liger it still was quite an unusual Zoid due to the changes made to it to make it into a separate Variant. For one it was far more maneuverable and sport slightly improved armor allowing it take a few more hits than a regular Shield Liger. However, what really grabbed everyone’s attention was the emblem emblazed on one of the Zoid’s shoulders: a red shield with a liger figure at the center. This was the emblem of the Leo Masters, a group of Republican Zoid Pilots who are expert pilots in Lion or Liger Type Zoids. In fact, it is said a Leo Master would have piloted many different Lion or Liger Type Zoids with some the older Leo Masters having piloted every single different Lion or Liger Zoid out there even rare ones.
After the team, had shaken off their shock from this development, they were again shocked when the man commented on the other two Liger Zoids in the hanger and how well cared for they happened to be. He then commented on he was quite surprised and a bit pleased to see a Blade Liger here for the majority of known Blade Ligers were in the hands of Leo Masters back in the Republic. The man then did something that not only shocked the entire Blitz Team once more but put the man firmly in Bit’s good book he walked up to the Liger Zero and politely asked if he could get a chance to try out piloting him in the near future. Bit was then shocked to hear the Liger’s positive reply in response to the man’s polite inquiry which made Doc Toros faint from all of the shocks while the others could only stare at after the new pilot in sheer amazement and a little hero worship.
Since then Ray Gregg threw himself in helping the team get ready for the Class S Season while at the same time talking with both Bit and Leon on their shared love of Liger-Type Zoids. In fact, both of the other Liger Pilots learned a few tricks and such from the older man about Ligers. While the man was quite closer to Leon then Bit, he was still becoming a good friend to the young Liger Zero pilot. That said Gregg didn’t just focus on his fellow Liger pilots but became quite a good friend to the other members of the Blitz Team, as well as offering advice to the others including Doc Toros on how to run the team.
With a shake of his head Bit finished his quiet perusal of the hanger before walking towards the hanger exit and into the rest of the base. When the door to the base swished opened he wasn’t all that surprised to see the rest of the team rushing around packing a few last minute things for that was another change with Class S. For the battles of Class S were not on the main Europa Continent instead much of the Class S battles could found on the sub-continent Elemia. This meant that the Blitz could no longer use this base for it was too far from the new battlefields of Class S. Therefore, the group as a whole had started to get ready to move into a new base located somewhere on the edge of the Elemia Desert which gave its name to the sub-continent. While it could be said that Elemia was a part of the Europa Continent for nine months of the year it was an entirely separate continent with a thin strip of water separating it from the rest of Europa. The remainder of the year the water levels lowered, and it was once more a part of the rest of Europa.
“Yeah Bit back from your run?” a voice asked from behind him making him turn and smile at the small figure of Jamie who was carrying a small box in his hands.
“Yes, Jamie. I take it everyone is about done with their packing then?” he asked in return to the young aerial Zoid pilot who had changed the most of the entire team in the three months since the end of the Royal Cup. Knowing that he could no longer stay back as a support member of the team in Class S with its larger battles he threw himself in training with his father Oscar and when he arrived Omari. Now he was a bit more confident in his abilities and a better pilot as a result. It also seemed like he was merging his two personalities together into one, which gave him a bit more confidence. While he still helped in the running of the team with Doc Toros, he now was truly the fourth pilot of the team.
“Pretty much. The Doc is just finished up packing up his models now. Then he shall be talking to us in the Tactical Room explaining how we are going to get to Elemia as well as something he mentioned would change the team around,” Jamie mentioned with a nod of his head. Bit internally sighed at this for he knew what exactly the Doc wanted to talk about for he was the only member of the Team who knew about the letter he had received from home. He still could remember that night when the Doc found him sobbing in the hanger at the feet of the confused Liger Zero after he first received the letter.
“Alright, then I got all of my packing done before my run. Therefore, I shall wait for you guys in the tactical room then,” Bit mentioned nodding the nearby door to the said room.
“Got it Bit,” Jamie said before continuing on while Bit entered the tactical room with a smile on his face. He looked around the small room to see that Brad was already done and was on one of the couches reading a newspaper. Nothing really changed about that however what changed was the figure curled up at his side. Bit really tried not to smile too large but still nodded to the steely-eyed figure of Naomi Fluegel as she glared up at him from her position next to Brad. He quickly took a seat opposite of the two noticing the little proud look on the face of Brad as he sat down. Bit then turned to the third figure in the room working on one of the computer stations in the room. Tomas Omari has really changed since his days in the Tiger Team exchanging his uniform like Tiger Team battle clothes with a more comfortable one-piece jumpsuit and a short vest over his torso. The colors of this new get-up matched his modified Black Redler perfectly with the jumpsuit black and the vest a dark red which matched the secondary color of his zoid. Bit exchanged nods with the man when he looked up at Bit sitting across from him before returning to whatever he was doing.
Seeing none of the others were in the mood for any talk Bit decided to do some of his own work while he waited and pulled over the mobile computer workstation to him. He quickly started to look through some sale aids for transport zoids that he could buy to take him and the Liger to the Eastern Continent. As he did so, he noticed that there was a bit more than he thought there would be but then remembered that due to the fall of the Backdraft the Zoid Battle Commission got their hands on much of their Zoids including their transports. However, these were mostly Whale Kings with a few Carrier Tortoises and Gustavs with one or two Hammer Kaisers that had been taken by the Backdraft during their unsanctioned battles. Which couldn’t be returned to their original owners with either those teams that had previous owned them breaking up or some other reason like getting a better transport. Not to mention those teams who were trading in their smaller transports for larger transports that had been taken from the Backdraft. Bit did find a few of the small Transport Hammer Head Mark-IIs which could easily carry the Liger and one or two larger Cargo Hammers, but the asking prices for these Zoids were quite higher than he was willing to pay now. He grimaced at this but was soon distracted when the door slid open, and the figure of Leena Toros bounced into the room making Bit smile in response.
“Hi Bit!” Leena said with a smile as she took a seat next to him. Leena had also changed a lot since the end of the Royal Cup for on the advice of her father and Bit she used a part of her share of the Royal Cup winnings to see a psychiatrist about her problems with her anger. This doctor helped Leena a lot, and while she still had short-temper, she was now quite calmer and easy to be around. This also had the side effect of Bit getting closer to Leena as he helped her through some of the visits. While they were not an officially dating couple like Naomi and Brad as of yet, they still were quite close to one another much to the amusement and pleasure of the old original Blitz Team including Leon.
“Hi, yourself Leena. I saw that you went ahead with removing some of those missile pods from your Zoid when I came in from my run,” he mentioned with a chuckle making Leena blush at this before nodding with a smile on her face. That was something else that changed with Leena due to her calmer outlook was that she no longer had a need for all of the heavy firepower which had been a side effect of her anger problems.
“Yup! Apparently, Ray’s mother was a Gun Sniper pilot for the Republic Military, and she barely used the zoid’s rifle while in combat. Instead, she used her zoid as a general infantry zoid with a secondary role of recon-sniper,” Leena explained with a pleased look on her face. Bit nodded at this with a smile and patted her on the shoulder pleased that she was quite different from when he first joined the team. In fact, during a few practice matches they had in the last week Leena actually started to conserve her ammo and accurately lay down her fire instead of just blasting away wasting her ammo.
“So, without those missile pods weighing your zoid down, you can easily dance around the battlefield before bringing down the hammer when you need it,” Bit mentioned after a moment of thought making Leena nod with a shadow of her former crazy gun-girl smile before sighing and leaning against Bit’s shoulder.
“Man, this moving stuff is so exhausting I wonder what Dad has planned for this place after we leave,” Leena mentioned with a frown on her face. Then as if summoned by her thoughts the door slid open, and the rest of the team trooped into the tactical room with Doc Toros bringing up the rear with Jamie. Bit exchanged nods with the other pilots including Leon and Ray who had been chatting about something or another when they came in. However, while the team did expand its pilot roster that wasn’t the only new recruits, they picked up for two non-pilots joined the team.
First, there is Dan Dobson, a zoid mechanic they picked up when they saved the man from a group of bandits who had used their zoids to destroy his shop and chase the man into the desert. An hour or so later the Blitz found him running from a pair of Molgas and a Rev Raptor who were quickly dispatched by the Blitz Team. The man with his shops in ruins and needing the money joined up with the Blitz as a mechanic who helped take a load off the pilots.
Then there is the young Paul Jones who was from the same village as Dan who worried about the older man went out in an armed Gustav to find him after the bandits attacked Dan’s shop. He later stumbled onto the battle between the Blitz and the Bandits where he soon asked to join the team alongside Dan. He at first wanted to be a pilot, but with no zoid of his own beside the Gustav he couldn’t really be a pilot but Doc Toros seeing something in the boy extended him an offer. Basically join the team as the Hover Cargo’s official pilot for with Jamie now becoming a full-time pilot of the team the Doc needed an extra hand in running the Hover Cargo during battles.
With the entire team now in the room Doc Toros made it to the front of the room where he entered a few commands into the workstation located there which was connected to the holographic projector in the center of the room. The man looked quite excited and ready for this next chapter in the Team’s journey.
“Alright Team listen up,” Doc said as he brought up the holoprojector online. It showed a scrolling window which was an email from the Zoid Battle Commission due to their emblem on the header of the letter.
“We now got our official marching orders from the Zoid Battle Commission. The new season starts in two weeks with our first battle around a day or two after the opening ceremonies going on in Blue City. Like the earlier gala, we were invited to earlier the opening ceremony of the new season shall be focused on us welcoming us to Class S. Therefore, we are required to be there. With that said I want us to be on the road by tomorrow morning for it will take us around four days to get to Elemia. That will give us plenty of time to unpack and unwind from the move before the start of the season,” the Doc said with a big smile on his face as he nodded to the holo-screen. Jamie blinked at this with a frown before exchanging looks with Brad and Leon before looking up at the Doc.
“Yeah, Doc. What about finding a base for that may take a while to do?” he asked with a frown on his face for while the Blitz Team no longer was in debt or low on money any more thanks to the winnings from the Royal Cup along with a few minor investments they made since the Royal Cup. They still didn’t have all that much money in the banks which meant he was quite worried that the older man had used all of their current funds to buy a new base for them.
“That is already taken care of Jamie for after we heard that we would have to move from this base I put out some feelers to see if we could find something somewhere on Elemia to use as our new base. Well yesterday I got something back from one of these feelers, and it is perfect,” Doc mentioned with a pleased look on his face much to the horror of the original Blitz Team. Doc turned back to the workstation and brought up an overhead map of a small island on the holographic screen. The viewers could easily see several buildings and other facilities built around the foot of a tall extinct volcano that took up one-half of the small island.
“Everyone this is Crescent Isle a small island along the Mia Coastline around thirty or so miles from Blue City. It is going to be our new base,” the man mentioned with a smile making the original Blitz team trading weary looks between one another. Finally, Jamie sighed and stood up looking at the holo-screen with a frown.
“Alright, Doc I have a few questions. First how much did this new base cost us?” he asked mentally preparing himself for the total and hoping that it didn’t drain them dry. He really wished he had removed the Doc’s access to their new accounts but as manager of the team, he couldn’t.
“That’s the best part, Jamie. Apparently, this facility was originally constructed by the Backdraft Group as a base to launch operations against Class S Battles on the mainland but when the base was almost finished the Group pulled out for some reason or another leaving this base to gather dust ever since. After the Backdraft, had been brought down, the ZBC found records of this in the captured files of the group. They then put it up for sale, and when I put some interest in acquiring the base after I found out about it, they then gave a generous discount for our help in bringing down the Group. We barely had to pay anything for the base at all due to that discount,” the Doc explained with a bright look on his face making the original team sigh in relief much to the amusement of the newer members for they all had heard about the Doc’s spending money like water when they joined. Jamie himself sighed at this mentally thanking Eve that it didn’t take that much of their funds to acquire this base, but he still made a mental note to check the accounts to see how much the base did cost. That done he turned to look back at the Doc with a frown eying the holo-screen showing the island at the corner of his eye.
“Alright then second question Doc. How are we going to go between this base and our battles for the last time I checked the hover systems of the Hover Cargo cannot move it across the water? Granted I know it can travel along the bottom of the sea, but still, we couldn’t do that all of the time,” he asked as he studied the map of the island and the sea surrounding it with a frown trying to find spots that the Hover Cargo could easily enter or exit the water. He didn’t notice the chuckle from the Doc or the now once again wearied looks on the faces of the Blitz Team.
“Where do you think the Hover Cargo has been for the last few days Jamie?” the Doc asked in return which saw Jamie snapping his head to look over at the Doc with a look of horror wondering what else the Doc did while they all had been busy packing up the base for the move. Granted he did know that the Doc had mentioned he took the Hover Cargo to get it upgraded for the season ahead now that they more zoids then the transport could easily carry. However, what else the Doc was doing with the Hover Cargo had him worried or if they still had the Hover Cargo and the Doc dropped a significant amount of credits a new transport that they really didn’t need.
“Basically I knew that the Hover Cargo couldn’t easily travel in between the mainland and our new base, so I took the Hover Cargo over to a small facility that HoverTech Limited runs not far from here to see about modifying its hover systems for traveling over water. Not to mention seeing about extending the hanger a bit so we can hold all of our zoids with ease if we needed it. Since HoverTech has become quite friendly with us due to the popularity of the Hover Cargo series has gotten since we won the Royal Cup they are basically doing all of this for free,” the Doc mentioned with a nod of his head and a pleased look on his face making the team once more let out sighs of relief. Jamie nodded with a sigh for he had been quite worried that the Doc had gotten rid of the Hover Cargo and gotten a newer Transport like a Whale King or Hammer Kaiser. He should have known, for the Doc was quite proud of the Hover Cargo meaning he wouldn’t have sold it due to this. Not to mention knowing that HoverTech Limited was the only current developer of Hover Cargos throughout Zi meaning it would be the only place that the Doc took the Hover Cargo too. He also wasn’t surprised that the company was doing these upgrades for practically nothing for one of the major investments the team did after the Royal Cup was selling the specifications to several of the modifications the Doc had done to their Hover Cargo to HoverTech.
“Alright, then Doc I do have one final question for you. What are we doing with this base after we move to this new one? For we can’t just leave it laying empty like this for there should be some people who would want it,” Jamie asked looking around at the walls of the room and the rest of the base beyond that for while it was quite old and such, it still worked quite well for the small teams that make up the lower classes of Zoid Battles. He was surprised by the Doc patting him on the shoulder with a small smile on his face.
“That has been taken care of Jamie. For I decided to rent it out to your father since after all, he was going to need a base for his new team doesn’t he?” the man mentioned with a chuckle making Jamie’s jaw drop in surprise. Since, yes, he did know that his father was going to be starting his own Zoid Team he was not aware that he was going to be using the Blitz Team base as his own base for said team. This drew several chuckles from the rest of the team as Jamie literally fell down to sit on the couch due to his shock while the Doc retook his spot in the front of the room.
“That said does anyone else have any further questions that Jamie hasn’t already covered?” the Doc asked looking around at the others in the room seeing everyone shaking their heads before the Doc nodded at this and sighed as his jovial look fell as he eyed Bit at the corner of his eye.
“I told you all earlier that there may be a significant change for the team earlier today. Now we find out what this change is going to be. Bit?” the Doc mentioned as he looked over at Bit much to the confusion of the others.
“Yes, Doc?” Bit asked with a neutral look on his face not even looking at the others as they stared at him in confusion.
“Have you decided?” Doc asked with a sad smile on his face for it looked like he indeed already knew the answer. This made Bit smile sadly in return at the older man who helped him so much in the last few months from accepting him into the team that fateful day and then recently listening patiently to his story about his home.
“Yes Doc I have decided that yes I am going to be leaving the Team,” he said with a nod of his head at the older man as the rest of the room could look at him sheer shock at this announcement.
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Hi everyone Bit here. Well, I made my announcement that I was leaving the Blitz Team much to the shock the others. Thankfully before any explosions or misunderstanding happened, I managed to tell everyone what was going on here along with the story of my hometown and the Eastern Continent …What’s that Doc? You have a surprise for me? This I have to see…Next time on Zoids: The Big Reveal – Doc’s Surprise
Post Chapter Notes:
Alright here is the first chapter, and it is quite different from the first chapter of Sabers. It also is a bit different from the chapter post on both FFN and Deviant Art for I heavily edited this chapter before posting it here. First through Grammarly, and then Word's own Grammar/Spelling Checker. I then gave a quick read through to find any other small problems. However, I am only human therefore may have missed a few things so let me know if something pops up to you.
Also, I had some lengthy notes at the end of this chapter on the FFN version but decided to remove them for I don't think they really need to be on here for you to enjoy the story. If you are interested feel free to click the link above and move to the first chapter to read them.
I believe that is it from me. I shall see about posting Chapter Two soon as I finished another through editing job on it. Thank you and hope you enjoyed this story so far.
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Other Notable Links:
Foreword
[Gives a general overview on what I am planning for this story, therefore read if you wish but not needed to understand the story]
Carrier Tortoise
[One of the new Zoids I created for this story, but not really needed to be read to understand the story. It only really appears in the background]
Hammer Head Transport
[An expanded version of an already exisiting Zoid that shall remain in the background]
Cargo Hammmer
[The second of my new "medium" zoid transports that I created for the purpose of this story, but again only really seen in the background]
Summary: Soon after the Royal Cup the Blitz Team’s ace Bit Cloud receive some startling news which leads him a journey to discover his past and to save the world of Zi once more. Rewrite of The Sabers. Bit/Leena
Chapter 01: A Series of Recent Events – The New Blitz Team
The 43rd Royal Cup was one of the more exciting and well received of any past Royal Cup. While the Backdraft Group did try to pull a coup during the event, destroying several of the orbiting Judge Satellites in the process and taking control of a few other satellites as well. This would be prevented in part by the actions of the Blitz Team, mostly its leading ace Zoid, the Liger Zero and its pilot Bit Cloud. It would be the actions of Liger Zero and Bit Cloud which would make this Royal Cup such an exciting viewing and ended up being watched across Zi numerous times. The fight between Liger Zero and the Backdraft’s own lead zoid, the Berserk Fury would one for the record books joining the ranks of other legendary fights…
- Taken from a news story about the 43rd Royal Cup around May 3, ZAC 3223
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Midori ValleyEuropa, Planet Zi
June 10, ZAC 3223
A whisper of wind breezed through the small valley and the short green grass that covered the valley floor in a layer of greenery. The wind ruffled the grass along with the taller plants that dotted around the small valley before it whispered past a figure laying in the tall grass which only closed its eyes as they felt the breeze rolling past them and around the much larger form standing behind the smaller figure before exiting the small grass-filled valley. In the valley itself, the figure of Bit Cloud opened his eyes with a small sigh as he watched clouds rolled past the blue sky above him. Bit tilted his head slightly upwards to spy the larger form of his Zoid the Liger Zero which silently stood waiting for him to once again to jump into the cockpit.
He smiled slightly for the Zoid had changed quite a bit in the two months since the Royal Cup for Bit took the time along with money he got from winning the Cup to actually upgrade the Zoid. First, the salvaged twin-barrel shock cannon that he equipped the Zoid with after his second battle with the Zoid had been upgraded to a more powerful three-barrel version. Then in its cheeks are a pair of light laser repeater guns, basically, a laser-based machine gun which was a little stronger than the larger Vulcan pods on the zoid’s Jager Armor. Finally, on its back between the pair of ion boosters was a 20mm Laser Cannon similar to those equipped to basic Shield Ligers. This made the Liger Zero’s basic white armor a bit more useable in battle than before since it had only the under-powered Shock Cannons and the Strike Laser Claw in this form during the earlier battles he took part in. The thought of modifying the basic armor he had during his little vacation when he was thinking about his last battle with the Berserk Fury in that the Basic Armor was the only thing he had left. Not to mention feeling that with the other armors sporting a single major strength he needed a more well-rounded armor hence his reasoning for upgrading the basic armor.
Of course, that was not the only thing he had upgraded about the Zoid for the three other armors of the Zoid had also been updated in some form or another with the first two the Jager and the Schneider receiving a few minor upgrades. The only other armor to get a significant upgrade was the hulking Panzer Armor which had downgraded its Hybrid Cannons slightly to make them less of a power draw, and the addition of a series of heat sinks in the armor to prevent any overheating from firing its primary weapons. Of course, these heat sinks couldn’t entirely prevent overheating if the weapons were continuously used for a long time. However, it still allowed Bit to use the Panzer’s weapons during a battle more than once. Not to mention walking around with the armor on which another of the major weakness of the armor for even a simple walk could overheat the zoid given time.
With a long, drawn-out sigh Bit tilted his head back to look at the clouds once more for while upgrading his Zoid was fun and such, it did make his blood boil with anticipation for what awaited them in Class S. However, it looked like he wouldn’t be able to fight like he wanted to in Class S which made the young Zoid pilot frown in thought as he looked down at the crumpled envelope that he held in one hand which covered his chest. The envelope contained a letter that he had received a few weeks before around the time he was finishing up the upgrades to the Liger. It had shocked and horrified him to read it for it was from his hometown on the Eastern Continent which explained it being a hand-written letter instead of an electronic version which the rest of the planet now used for much of its mail. It explained that his home town’s small but highly trained militia had fought off a large bandit attack which resulted in a few casualties including his older brother. It also went on to explain that they had found out that several of the more major bandit groups had started to ally with one another who saw more significant bandit attacks starting to happen across the continent. Since while bandit attacks were quite common on the Eastern Continent with no real force capable of fighting back against the bandits and zoid thieves that roamed around the continent. It was only small bandit groups that could easily be countered by the militia raised by a village of the towns and villages of the Eastern Continent. Therefore, having several of these groups now rallying together made things quite worse for the small-town Bit Cloud had once called home.
It was these minor bandit attacks that were the reason he left his hometown and went out to find the perfect zoid to help in the fight against the bandits plaguing his home. After he didn’t find such a Zoid from dealers and such, he decided to build his own which led him to start collecting parts and junk to make his own perfect Zoid. This would lead him to stumble into that battle between the Blitz Team and the Tiger Team on that fateful day when he first met the Liger Zero which soon became his partner and his dreamed of perfect zoid. However, in all of the excitement and such from Zoid Battles he fought in over the months since he joined the Blitz he had forgotten about what was happening in the Eastern Continent and his hometown which was why this letter troubled him so much along with the death of his older brother. He felt as if he had betrayed his family and the people of his hometown which he felt reasonable for due to being a scion of one of the major militia families of the town.
With a deep long sigh, which ended in a low growl Bit sat up with a determined expression on his face before looking down at the envelope once more. He stuffed it back into the jacket pocket where it had been for the last several days before turning slightly to look at the Liger. He eyed the Zoid before nodding and getting up not minding the grass stains on his clothes before walking towards the large Zoid.
“Alright, Liger I have decided that it is time for this prodigal son to return home. Are you with me partner?” he mentioned looking up at the towering Zoid which growled lightly at his approach.
[Do you even have to ask Bit. You are my pilot and friend. Therefore, I shall follow you anywhere you need to be either the sanctioned battles of Class S or the bloody battles of the Eastern Continent and the fights there,] a gentle, but rumbling voice said in his head which made the young zoid pilot smile in response to the zoid’s reply. It still felt kind of weird to hear a zoid talk back to him, granted he always had been a firm believer in that Zoids were alive and such but having a zoid speak to him was still kind of weird. Even then he started to get used to it which kind of made him seem like a loon as he held several different conversations with the Liger since he began the upgrades.
“Alright then let’s get going Liger we need to make quite a few preparations for the trip home. Unless you want to walk all the way to the Eastern Continent,” he replied as he quickly climbed into the cockpit of the zoid. He smiled at the long growl coming from the Zoid which he knew was the Liger chuckling.
[Oh no. First, that’s impossible for we have to walk under water to get there and two I really don’t want this new paint job messed up from all that salt water. ] The Zoid mentioned with a snort making Bit chuckle in response to the zoid’s vain comment for he knew the Liger while taking pleasure in his appearance was not that vain in that he didn’t want his paint job getting sullied.
“Alright let’s go Liger,” Bit mentioned sending the large zoid running out of the valley with a loud roar. As he did so, Bit narrowed his eyes and promised himself that he would make the bandits pay for all that they have done to his people.
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Blitz Team Base
Red Cliff Basin
Europa, Planet Zi
A few minutes later found Bit walking the Liger into the hanger of the Blitz Team Base which was quite crowded with a few extra Zoids now calling the hanger home. He chuckled at this as he brought the Liger into its bay next to the smaller form of the Shadow Fox. The Liger was not the only thing that had been upgraded or changed since the Royal Cup for the Blitz Team was quite larger than before thanks to some recent additions to the roster. This came about after the Team attended an event held in their honor by the Zoid Battle Commission after they returned from their vacations. There they learned more about Class S and the differences they will find in the elite Class S. One of them was larger battles with up to thirty Zoids taking part in some of the battles. Therefore, the small Blitz Team needed to expand if it was going to survive in Class S. It was then that they were told that Class S Teams usually recruited warriors from past rivals to fill out their ranks. After being told this, they first hit up the two-man Fluegel Team, with Naomi Fluegel and Leon Toros, on the suggestion of Brad Hunter. It wouldn’t take long for the two to say yes to the proposal and the Blitz gained two new members as well as their Zoids much to the pleasure of Doc Toros who loved the idea of having a Blade Liger on their team.
As he climbed out of the Liger’s cockpit Bit grinned as he looked over to find the two red Zoids that faced opposite of the Liger and the Shadow Fox. First, there was the red Blade Liger of Leon Toros which was on par with the Liger Zero then in the shadow of the large Liger-type Zoid is the small red Gun Sniper Naomi Special which allowed the former solo warrior to be such a terror on the battlefield in the past. The addition of those two to the team gave them six zoids, a large team by the standards of the lower classes but tiny compared to Class S Teams.
They then turned to look at other teams they had fought against for more recruits and were quite surprised to be approached by Tomas Omari of the Sabre Fangs. From him, they learned of the break-up of the Sabre Fangs with the leader Kirkland returning to his home in the Republic to help in caring for his ailing mother while Lineback signed up for the expanding Zoid Unit of the Commission Security Forces. Omari was left behind to find a new start which he then saw one of the ads put out by the Blitz Team. He then discovered that new start with Blitz when they allowed him to join the team. When the man arrived at the base, they had been surprised to find that he had switched out his Saber Fang with a new Zoid, a modified but still rare Black Redler Aerial Zoid. The Blitz then learned that Omari had originally been trained as an aerial zoid pilot, but due to the low number of aerial zoids in the lower classes, he started to pilot ground zoids. Now that he could start over fresh he decides to go back to his roots, and when he found that a rare Black Redler was being sold by a Zoid Dealer, he snapped it up from the money he got from his savings and selling his Saber Fang.
This led to Bit to look over to see the Black Redler sitting next to Jamie’s Raynos which saw his eyes gently sliding over to the last of the recent additions to the Blitz Team which made him chuckle a bit for it was a Zoid that made Doc Toros do a little happy dance when he first saw it due its rarity. The Zoid in question: a Desert Liger, a variant of the more famous Shield Liger. This Liger is owned and piloted by a man named Ray Gregg, a former member of the Helic Republic Military who left the service after ten years. He now decided to try his hand in Zoid Battles and found himself a bit disappointed in said battles but finding out that Class S Battles were somewhat more exciting responded to the Blitz Team’s recruitment drive. When he arrived at the base with his Zoid, it sent Doc Toros into a frenzy for while Desert Ligers were a variant of the Shield Liger it still was quite an unusual Zoid due to the changes made to it to make it into a separate Variant. For one it was far more maneuverable and sport slightly improved armor allowing it take a few more hits than a regular Shield Liger. However, what really grabbed everyone’s attention was the emblem emblazed on one of the Zoid’s shoulders: a red shield with a liger figure at the center. This was the emblem of the Leo Masters, a group of Republican Zoid Pilots who are expert pilots in Lion or Liger Type Zoids. In fact, it is said a Leo Master would have piloted many different Lion or Liger Type Zoids with some the older Leo Masters having piloted every single different Lion or Liger Zoid out there even rare ones.
After the team, had shaken off their shock from this development, they were again shocked when the man commented on the other two Liger Zoids in the hanger and how well cared for they happened to be. He then commented on he was quite surprised and a bit pleased to see a Blade Liger here for the majority of known Blade Ligers were in the hands of Leo Masters back in the Republic. The man then did something that not only shocked the entire Blitz Team once more but put the man firmly in Bit’s good book he walked up to the Liger Zero and politely asked if he could get a chance to try out piloting him in the near future. Bit was then shocked to hear the Liger’s positive reply in response to the man’s polite inquiry which made Doc Toros faint from all of the shocks while the others could only stare at after the new pilot in sheer amazement and a little hero worship.
Since then Ray Gregg threw himself in helping the team get ready for the Class S Season while at the same time talking with both Bit and Leon on their shared love of Liger-Type Zoids. In fact, both of the other Liger Pilots learned a few tricks and such from the older man about Ligers. While the man was quite closer to Leon then Bit, he was still becoming a good friend to the young Liger Zero pilot. That said Gregg didn’t just focus on his fellow Liger pilots but became quite a good friend to the other members of the Blitz Team, as well as offering advice to the others including Doc Toros on how to run the team.
With a shake of his head Bit finished his quiet perusal of the hanger before walking towards the hanger exit and into the rest of the base. When the door to the base swished opened he wasn’t all that surprised to see the rest of the team rushing around packing a few last minute things for that was another change with Class S. For the battles of Class S were not on the main Europa Continent instead much of the Class S battles could found on the sub-continent Elemia. This meant that the Blitz could no longer use this base for it was too far from the new battlefields of Class S. Therefore, the group as a whole had started to get ready to move into a new base located somewhere on the edge of the Elemia Desert which gave its name to the sub-continent. While it could be said that Elemia was a part of the Europa Continent for nine months of the year it was an entirely separate continent with a thin strip of water separating it from the rest of Europa. The remainder of the year the water levels lowered, and it was once more a part of the rest of Europa.
“Yeah Bit back from your run?” a voice asked from behind him making him turn and smile at the small figure of Jamie who was carrying a small box in his hands.
“Yes, Jamie. I take it everyone is about done with their packing then?” he asked in return to the young aerial Zoid pilot who had changed the most of the entire team in the three months since the end of the Royal Cup. Knowing that he could no longer stay back as a support member of the team in Class S with its larger battles he threw himself in training with his father Oscar and when he arrived Omari. Now he was a bit more confident in his abilities and a better pilot as a result. It also seemed like he was merging his two personalities together into one, which gave him a bit more confidence. While he still helped in the running of the team with Doc Toros, he now was truly the fourth pilot of the team.
“Pretty much. The Doc is just finished up packing up his models now. Then he shall be talking to us in the Tactical Room explaining how we are going to get to Elemia as well as something he mentioned would change the team around,” Jamie mentioned with a nod of his head. Bit internally sighed at this for he knew what exactly the Doc wanted to talk about for he was the only member of the Team who knew about the letter he had received from home. He still could remember that night when the Doc found him sobbing in the hanger at the feet of the confused Liger Zero after he first received the letter.
“Alright, then I got all of my packing done before my run. Therefore, I shall wait for you guys in the tactical room then,” Bit mentioned nodding the nearby door to the said room.
“Got it Bit,” Jamie said before continuing on while Bit entered the tactical room with a smile on his face. He looked around the small room to see that Brad was already done and was on one of the couches reading a newspaper. Nothing really changed about that however what changed was the figure curled up at his side. Bit really tried not to smile too large but still nodded to the steely-eyed figure of Naomi Fluegel as she glared up at him from her position next to Brad. He quickly took a seat opposite of the two noticing the little proud look on the face of Brad as he sat down. Bit then turned to the third figure in the room working on one of the computer stations in the room. Tomas Omari has really changed since his days in the Tiger Team exchanging his uniform like Tiger Team battle clothes with a more comfortable one-piece jumpsuit and a short vest over his torso. The colors of this new get-up matched his modified Black Redler perfectly with the jumpsuit black and the vest a dark red which matched the secondary color of his zoid. Bit exchanged nods with the man when he looked up at Bit sitting across from him before returning to whatever he was doing.
Seeing none of the others were in the mood for any talk Bit decided to do some of his own work while he waited and pulled over the mobile computer workstation to him. He quickly started to look through some sale aids for transport zoids that he could buy to take him and the Liger to the Eastern Continent. As he did so, he noticed that there was a bit more than he thought there would be but then remembered that due to the fall of the Backdraft the Zoid Battle Commission got their hands on much of their Zoids including their transports. However, these were mostly Whale Kings with a few Carrier Tortoises and Gustavs with one or two Hammer Kaisers that had been taken by the Backdraft during their unsanctioned battles. Which couldn’t be returned to their original owners with either those teams that had previous owned them breaking up or some other reason like getting a better transport. Not to mention those teams who were trading in their smaller transports for larger transports that had been taken from the Backdraft. Bit did find a few of the small Transport Hammer Head Mark-IIs which could easily carry the Liger and one or two larger Cargo Hammers, but the asking prices for these Zoids were quite higher than he was willing to pay now. He grimaced at this but was soon distracted when the door slid open, and the figure of Leena Toros bounced into the room making Bit smile in response.
“Hi Bit!” Leena said with a smile as she took a seat next to him. Leena had also changed a lot since the end of the Royal Cup for on the advice of her father and Bit she used a part of her share of the Royal Cup winnings to see a psychiatrist about her problems with her anger. This doctor helped Leena a lot, and while she still had short-temper, she was now quite calmer and easy to be around. This also had the side effect of Bit getting closer to Leena as he helped her through some of the visits. While they were not an officially dating couple like Naomi and Brad as of yet, they still were quite close to one another much to the amusement and pleasure of the old original Blitz Team including Leon.
“Hi, yourself Leena. I saw that you went ahead with removing some of those missile pods from your Zoid when I came in from my run,” he mentioned with a chuckle making Leena blush at this before nodding with a smile on her face. That was something else that changed with Leena due to her calmer outlook was that she no longer had a need for all of the heavy firepower which had been a side effect of her anger problems.
“Yup! Apparently, Ray’s mother was a Gun Sniper pilot for the Republic Military, and she barely used the zoid’s rifle while in combat. Instead, she used her zoid as a general infantry zoid with a secondary role of recon-sniper,” Leena explained with a pleased look on her face. Bit nodded at this with a smile and patted her on the shoulder pleased that she was quite different from when he first joined the team. In fact, during a few practice matches they had in the last week Leena actually started to conserve her ammo and accurately lay down her fire instead of just blasting away wasting her ammo.
“So, without those missile pods weighing your zoid down, you can easily dance around the battlefield before bringing down the hammer when you need it,” Bit mentioned after a moment of thought making Leena nod with a shadow of her former crazy gun-girl smile before sighing and leaning against Bit’s shoulder.
“Man, this moving stuff is so exhausting I wonder what Dad has planned for this place after we leave,” Leena mentioned with a frown on her face. Then as if summoned by her thoughts the door slid open, and the rest of the team trooped into the tactical room with Doc Toros bringing up the rear with Jamie. Bit exchanged nods with the other pilots including Leon and Ray who had been chatting about something or another when they came in. However, while the team did expand its pilot roster that wasn’t the only new recruits, they picked up for two non-pilots joined the team.
First, there is Dan Dobson, a zoid mechanic they picked up when they saved the man from a group of bandits who had used their zoids to destroy his shop and chase the man into the desert. An hour or so later the Blitz found him running from a pair of Molgas and a Rev Raptor who were quickly dispatched by the Blitz Team. The man with his shops in ruins and needing the money joined up with the Blitz as a mechanic who helped take a load off the pilots.
Then there is the young Paul Jones who was from the same village as Dan who worried about the older man went out in an armed Gustav to find him after the bandits attacked Dan’s shop. He later stumbled onto the battle between the Blitz and the Bandits where he soon asked to join the team alongside Dan. He at first wanted to be a pilot, but with no zoid of his own beside the Gustav he couldn’t really be a pilot but Doc Toros seeing something in the boy extended him an offer. Basically join the team as the Hover Cargo’s official pilot for with Jamie now becoming a full-time pilot of the team the Doc needed an extra hand in running the Hover Cargo during battles.
With the entire team now in the room Doc Toros made it to the front of the room where he entered a few commands into the workstation located there which was connected to the holographic projector in the center of the room. The man looked quite excited and ready for this next chapter in the Team’s journey.
“Alright Team listen up,” Doc said as he brought up the holoprojector online. It showed a scrolling window which was an email from the Zoid Battle Commission due to their emblem on the header of the letter.
“We now got our official marching orders from the Zoid Battle Commission. The new season starts in two weeks with our first battle around a day or two after the opening ceremonies going on in Blue City. Like the earlier gala, we were invited to earlier the opening ceremony of the new season shall be focused on us welcoming us to Class S. Therefore, we are required to be there. With that said I want us to be on the road by tomorrow morning for it will take us around four days to get to Elemia. That will give us plenty of time to unpack and unwind from the move before the start of the season,” the Doc said with a big smile on his face as he nodded to the holo-screen. Jamie blinked at this with a frown before exchanging looks with Brad and Leon before looking up at the Doc.
“Yeah, Doc. What about finding a base for that may take a while to do?” he asked with a frown on his face for while the Blitz Team no longer was in debt or low on money any more thanks to the winnings from the Royal Cup along with a few minor investments they made since the Royal Cup. They still didn’t have all that much money in the banks which meant he was quite worried that the older man had used all of their current funds to buy a new base for them.
“That is already taken care of Jamie for after we heard that we would have to move from this base I put out some feelers to see if we could find something somewhere on Elemia to use as our new base. Well yesterday I got something back from one of these feelers, and it is perfect,” Doc mentioned with a pleased look on his face much to the horror of the original Blitz Team. Doc turned back to the workstation and brought up an overhead map of a small island on the holographic screen. The viewers could easily see several buildings and other facilities built around the foot of a tall extinct volcano that took up one-half of the small island.
“Everyone this is Crescent Isle a small island along the Mia Coastline around thirty or so miles from Blue City. It is going to be our new base,” the man mentioned with a smile making the original Blitz team trading weary looks between one another. Finally, Jamie sighed and stood up looking at the holo-screen with a frown.
“Alright, Doc I have a few questions. First how much did this new base cost us?” he asked mentally preparing himself for the total and hoping that it didn’t drain them dry. He really wished he had removed the Doc’s access to their new accounts but as manager of the team, he couldn’t.
“That’s the best part, Jamie. Apparently, this facility was originally constructed by the Backdraft Group as a base to launch operations against Class S Battles on the mainland but when the base was almost finished the Group pulled out for some reason or another leaving this base to gather dust ever since. After the Backdraft, had been brought down, the ZBC found records of this in the captured files of the group. They then put it up for sale, and when I put some interest in acquiring the base after I found out about it, they then gave a generous discount for our help in bringing down the Group. We barely had to pay anything for the base at all due to that discount,” the Doc explained with a bright look on his face making the original team sigh in relief much to the amusement of the newer members for they all had heard about the Doc’s spending money like water when they joined. Jamie himself sighed at this mentally thanking Eve that it didn’t take that much of their funds to acquire this base, but he still made a mental note to check the accounts to see how much the base did cost. That done he turned to look back at the Doc with a frown eying the holo-screen showing the island at the corner of his eye.
“Alright then second question Doc. How are we going to go between this base and our battles for the last time I checked the hover systems of the Hover Cargo cannot move it across the water? Granted I know it can travel along the bottom of the sea, but still, we couldn’t do that all of the time,” he asked as he studied the map of the island and the sea surrounding it with a frown trying to find spots that the Hover Cargo could easily enter or exit the water. He didn’t notice the chuckle from the Doc or the now once again wearied looks on the faces of the Blitz Team.
“Where do you think the Hover Cargo has been for the last few days Jamie?” the Doc asked in return which saw Jamie snapping his head to look over at the Doc with a look of horror wondering what else the Doc did while they all had been busy packing up the base for the move. Granted he did know that the Doc had mentioned he took the Hover Cargo to get it upgraded for the season ahead now that they more zoids then the transport could easily carry. However, what else the Doc was doing with the Hover Cargo had him worried or if they still had the Hover Cargo and the Doc dropped a significant amount of credits a new transport that they really didn’t need.
“Basically I knew that the Hover Cargo couldn’t easily travel in between the mainland and our new base, so I took the Hover Cargo over to a small facility that HoverTech Limited runs not far from here to see about modifying its hover systems for traveling over water. Not to mention seeing about extending the hanger a bit so we can hold all of our zoids with ease if we needed it. Since HoverTech has become quite friendly with us due to the popularity of the Hover Cargo series has gotten since we won the Royal Cup they are basically doing all of this for free,” the Doc mentioned with a nod of his head and a pleased look on his face making the team once more let out sighs of relief. Jamie nodded with a sigh for he had been quite worried that the Doc had gotten rid of the Hover Cargo and gotten a newer Transport like a Whale King or Hammer Kaiser. He should have known, for the Doc was quite proud of the Hover Cargo meaning he wouldn’t have sold it due to this. Not to mention knowing that HoverTech Limited was the only current developer of Hover Cargos throughout Zi meaning it would be the only place that the Doc took the Hover Cargo too. He also wasn’t surprised that the company was doing these upgrades for practically nothing for one of the major investments the team did after the Royal Cup was selling the specifications to several of the modifications the Doc had done to their Hover Cargo to HoverTech.
“Alright, then Doc I do have one final question for you. What are we doing with this base after we move to this new one? For we can’t just leave it laying empty like this for there should be some people who would want it,” Jamie asked looking around at the walls of the room and the rest of the base beyond that for while it was quite old and such, it still worked quite well for the small teams that make up the lower classes of Zoid Battles. He was surprised by the Doc patting him on the shoulder with a small smile on his face.
“That has been taken care of Jamie. For I decided to rent it out to your father since after all, he was going to need a base for his new team doesn’t he?” the man mentioned with a chuckle making Jamie’s jaw drop in surprise. Since, yes, he did know that his father was going to be starting his own Zoid Team he was not aware that he was going to be using the Blitz Team base as his own base for said team. This drew several chuckles from the rest of the team as Jamie literally fell down to sit on the couch due to his shock while the Doc retook his spot in the front of the room.
“That said does anyone else have any further questions that Jamie hasn’t already covered?” the Doc asked looking around at the others in the room seeing everyone shaking their heads before the Doc nodded at this and sighed as his jovial look fell as he eyed Bit at the corner of his eye.
“I told you all earlier that there may be a significant change for the team earlier today. Now we find out what this change is going to be. Bit?” the Doc mentioned as he looked over at Bit much to the confusion of the others.
“Yes, Doc?” Bit asked with a neutral look on his face not even looking at the others as they stared at him in confusion.
“Have you decided?” Doc asked with a sad smile on his face for it looked like he indeed already knew the answer. This made Bit smile sadly in return at the older man who helped him so much in the last few months from accepting him into the team that fateful day and then recently listening patiently to his story about his home.
“Yes Doc I have decided that yes I am going to be leaving the Team,” he said with a nod of his head at the older man as the rest of the room could look at him sheer shock at this announcement.
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Hi everyone Bit here. Well, I made my announcement that I was leaving the Blitz Team much to the shock the others. Thankfully before any explosions or misunderstanding happened, I managed to tell everyone what was going on here along with the story of my hometown and the Eastern Continent …What’s that Doc? You have a surprise for me? This I have to see…Next time on Zoids: The Big Reveal – Doc’s Surprise
Post Chapter Notes:
Alright here is the first chapter, and it is quite different from the first chapter of Sabers. It also is a bit different from the chapter post on both FFN and Deviant Art for I heavily edited this chapter before posting it here. First through Grammarly, and then Word's own Grammar/Spelling Checker. I then gave a quick read through to find any other small problems. However, I am only human therefore may have missed a few things so let me know if something pops up to you.
Also, I had some lengthy notes at the end of this chapter on the FFN version but decided to remove them for I don't think they really need to be on here for you to enjoy the story. If you are interested feel free to click the link above and move to the first chapter to read them.
I believe that is it from me. I shall see about posting Chapter Two soon as I finished another through editing job on it. Thank you and hope you enjoyed this story so far.