Post by Kavid on Jun 7, 2004 21:16:49 GMT -5
Chapter 11
A Broken Vase
Whoever was doing the accursed laughing knew how to manipulate Comm systems, that was obvious; there was no way to shut him off.
I looked around the Bay of Rocks and couldn’t see anyone or anything else but the PAC-Wolves and the wreckage of the Gun Sniper.
Sifen beeped in over the laughing. “Captain! The Gun Sniper!”
Dusty boulders that smothered the fallen Zoid rolled off as it stood up from its seemingly fatal crash site. It was dirty—really dirty—but totally unbroken.
“Scan that thing!” I hoped my hunches were wrong.
“Sir,” said Sifen, “that Gun Sniper is totally constructed from Plasma Armor!” Damn. I was right.
The laughing abruptly stopped. “Looks like you boys got the best of me. If this would’ve happened before I struck my deal with Colonel Sared, my Sniper’d be dead. But now…now we’re equals.” The Gun Sniper crouched down and opened its mouth very wide. “Or are we?”
The inside of the GS’ mouth began to glow purple, and the sniper tail opened up hidden vents. “This, my friends, is the Particle-Breaker Cannon, or as I like to call it, the Wave-Smacker! Enjoy!” Our foolish curiosity kept us from running, and as we stood there, the Sniper fired.
A highly charged wave of purple energy flowed at an intense speed from the jaws of the GS and struck PAC-2 straight in the head. The Command Wolf’s body began to glow a bright purple hue, and a web of cracks started to spread all over it.
Then, it shattered.
The Plasma Armor broke like a fallen vase, exploding outwards into the tiniest of pieces that scattered across the desert sand. Almost like a child’s cartoon, Kavid was left sitting in mid-air, but soon fell ten meters to the ground. After his body hit the sand, he rolled over in pain.
“KAVID!” I screamed. “Sifen! Nail that bastard, now!”
My cannon pummeled the Gun Sniper while PAC-3’s missile launchers opened and launched the last of its explosives. The GS was sent backwards into the cliffside; its head was embedded into the rock.
As my Wolf lowered its head, I opened the canopy and leapt down. Kavid was still on his side in a fetal position. Thankfully there was little blood.
“Kavid! Kavid, talk to me buddy!” I called, but he wouldn’t move. He was still alive, but his clothing and skin were cut up from shards of broken Plasma Armor.
“Captain Kelt!” called Sifen through a speaker, “We need to leave immediately!” I could hear rock crumbling behind me, and when I looked, the Gun Sniper was tearing itself out from the rock wall.
“Keep it busy, Sifen!” PAC-3 opened fire on the GS, but it fired its boosters and flew off towards the arc of the Bay of Rocks.
“Don’t worry about finding me, PAC-Pilots. I’ll find you!” called out the GS pilot as he flew away. Sifen carefully stayed between it and us.
I picked Kavid up, and could hear his groans from the pain and felt him fight with me. “C’mon, Lieutenant. You’re gonna be all right, just let me move you.”
I carried my friend over to PAC-1. After setting Kavid down, I opened the Storage Hatch and started throwing out anything that was in it. I carefully slid Kavid into the Hatch. He barely fit, and was groaning even more, but this was the only choice that I had; there was no room for him in the cockpit.
As the canopy closed and the Command Wolf raised its body from the ground, I saw the Gun Sniper enter a cave at the back of the Bay.
“What do we do now, sir?” asked Sifen.
“We get Kavid out of here.”
With that, our two PAC-Wolves slowly walked back towards the abandoned Imperial Outpost.
A Broken Vase
Whoever was doing the accursed laughing knew how to manipulate Comm systems, that was obvious; there was no way to shut him off.
I looked around the Bay of Rocks and couldn’t see anyone or anything else but the PAC-Wolves and the wreckage of the Gun Sniper.
Sifen beeped in over the laughing. “Captain! The Gun Sniper!”
Dusty boulders that smothered the fallen Zoid rolled off as it stood up from its seemingly fatal crash site. It was dirty—really dirty—but totally unbroken.
“Scan that thing!” I hoped my hunches were wrong.
“Sir,” said Sifen, “that Gun Sniper is totally constructed from Plasma Armor!” Damn. I was right.
The laughing abruptly stopped. “Looks like you boys got the best of me. If this would’ve happened before I struck my deal with Colonel Sared, my Sniper’d be dead. But now…now we’re equals.” The Gun Sniper crouched down and opened its mouth very wide. “Or are we?”
The inside of the GS’ mouth began to glow purple, and the sniper tail opened up hidden vents. “This, my friends, is the Particle-Breaker Cannon, or as I like to call it, the Wave-Smacker! Enjoy!” Our foolish curiosity kept us from running, and as we stood there, the Sniper fired.
A highly charged wave of purple energy flowed at an intense speed from the jaws of the GS and struck PAC-2 straight in the head. The Command Wolf’s body began to glow a bright purple hue, and a web of cracks started to spread all over it.
Then, it shattered.
The Plasma Armor broke like a fallen vase, exploding outwards into the tiniest of pieces that scattered across the desert sand. Almost like a child’s cartoon, Kavid was left sitting in mid-air, but soon fell ten meters to the ground. After his body hit the sand, he rolled over in pain.
“KAVID!” I screamed. “Sifen! Nail that bastard, now!”
My cannon pummeled the Gun Sniper while PAC-3’s missile launchers opened and launched the last of its explosives. The GS was sent backwards into the cliffside; its head was embedded into the rock.
As my Wolf lowered its head, I opened the canopy and leapt down. Kavid was still on his side in a fetal position. Thankfully there was little blood.
“Kavid! Kavid, talk to me buddy!” I called, but he wouldn’t move. He was still alive, but his clothing and skin were cut up from shards of broken Plasma Armor.
“Captain Kelt!” called Sifen through a speaker, “We need to leave immediately!” I could hear rock crumbling behind me, and when I looked, the Gun Sniper was tearing itself out from the rock wall.
“Keep it busy, Sifen!” PAC-3 opened fire on the GS, but it fired its boosters and flew off towards the arc of the Bay of Rocks.
“Don’t worry about finding me, PAC-Pilots. I’ll find you!” called out the GS pilot as he flew away. Sifen carefully stayed between it and us.
I picked Kavid up, and could hear his groans from the pain and felt him fight with me. “C’mon, Lieutenant. You’re gonna be all right, just let me move you.”
I carried my friend over to PAC-1. After setting Kavid down, I opened the Storage Hatch and started throwing out anything that was in it. I carefully slid Kavid into the Hatch. He barely fit, and was groaning even more, but this was the only choice that I had; there was no room for him in the cockpit.
As the canopy closed and the Command Wolf raised its body from the ground, I saw the Gun Sniper enter a cave at the back of the Bay.
“What do we do now, sir?” asked Sifen.
“We get Kavid out of here.”
With that, our two PAC-Wolves slowly walked back towards the abandoned Imperial Outpost.