//------------------------------// // The Attack // Story: My Little Zi, Zoids are Magic: The Path of the Father // by superfunnelc //------------------------------// ----Sarah---- I can't believe this, I am finally a zoid pilot, this is awesome, granted I am still running from Imperial redlars, but other wise this is the best thing that has ever happened to me. "Why did I show you the zoids?" Rudolph sighs as the Lightning Saix comes up next to my Dark Horn "Because you wanted to cheer me up." I smile "Hey, guys! I manged to pick up Imperial radio chatter, patching you guys in." Clover smiles "Base, base. This is Yellow 1 Actual, we are at bingo fuel, repeat bingo fuel, returning to base. Be advised we will lose sight of the zoids. How copy, over?" The Redlar wing leader radios command "Solid copy, Yellow 1 Actual. We will send out the 11th and the 12th to track the zoids down, over." Colonel Schubaltz radios the squadron "Now, you've done it Sarah. You have gotten two entire panzer divisions to chase us down." Caitlyn sighs her Gun Sniper LS, trailing behind her sister's Elephanter. "Look! A cave, we can hide there." I smiles and bring the Dark Horn into the large cave, soon the rest of the zoids entered the cave, and we slowly made out way deep inside the cave "It, had to be a cave, it just had to be a cave." Rudolph sighs as we go deep into the cave "Still afraid of the dark Rudolph?" I smile "Shut up!" He snaps "Cool it, both of you." Clover orders "Jeez, these tunnels are massive." "Yeah, these are likely old escape tunnels, from the war." Caitlyn says turning on the Gun Sniper LS' lights "Well, they have to lead somewhere." I smile as we went deeper into the tunnels ----Danny---- "Congratulations, its a girl." The doctor smiles, as I cut the cord. "What should we name her?" I smile "I was thinking, Annabeth." She smiles, Annabeth was her mother's name. "I like it." I smile as my phone rings again, 'One sec." I step out of the room "Hello?" "Danny, its David. Schubaltz wants the 11th to fan out and search the woods surrounding the city, he wants us to start fanning out, now!" David tells me as Red Horns roar to life in the background "Alright, alright. I will be there as soon as possible." I sigh and head back into the room "Go on dear, its your job. I'll be fine." Jess smiles at me "Alright, stay safe." I smile and run to the exit of the hospital and hail a taxi, and tell him my address, I had to visit an old friend. ----Dusk---- "For the last time, i don't know what your talking about!" I yell at the old man who was interrogating me, my hoofs were tied together, and weird metal ring was around my horn, preventing me from using my magic. "Still won't talk huh? Well, for your sake I hope you change your mind, once The Commander arrives." The old man smiles as a soldier bursts in. "Dr. D! We have a large bandit force approaching from the south!" He yells before there were several large explosions "Shit, what about the security detail?" The old man yells "All dead, they had Gun Snipers pick them off." "Shit! Full scale evacuation! Forget the pony." The old man and the soldier run out of the room, and several larger explosions can be heard, before a large burly man enters "Well, well, well. What do we have here?" ----Sarah---- "I see light!" Rudolph yells and guns his Lightning Saix towards the light causing the rest of us to chase after him, when we reached the light it turned out to be light pollution from a large city in the distance. "Jeez, I didn't think we went that far." Clover says, "Yeah, its massive. Guys what the heck are we gonna do now?" Rudolph sighs "Any ideas Sarah?" "Hold one one second, take a loot at this data guys." I send copies of the classified information that had appeared on my heads up display earlier. "Holy crap on a cracker, your dad is The Commander!" Clover yells, "He doesn't seem like the type." "Yeah that is what i thought, but it all makes sense now, the signed posters, the special zoid models, the jacket. The Commander knew all of the things i wanted, because he was my father. He lied to me, him and my mother." I sigh and start crying. Rudolph dismounts his zoid and climbs into the cockpit of mine and hugs me "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, its okay." He smiles causing me to slowly calm down. "Hey, guys. According to this information flash, the archeology site that the pony was captured at was attacked by bandits, the soldiers left the pony, and the pony is now likely in the hands of the bandits. Think we can go do that, maybe be like our parents?" Clover smiles "Lets do it!" I smile 'I want to prove to my father, that he didn't have to lie to me, but first we need new clothes. You know what the means." "Shopping!" Clover, Caitlyn, and I say at the same time. "Wait, we don't have any money." Clover says "Rudolph has his credit card." I smile. "Its only for emergencies. But i know i am not gonna win this, lets leave the zoids in the cave, and head to the city." He sighs heading back to his zoid. ----Danny---- "Thank you." I pay the cabbie and walk into my house, i walk up the stair case and into my study, inside my study i press a button that was on the underside of my desk , causing my bookcase to swivel and turn revealing a stairwell leading down. I sigh and walk down the stairwell into a large empty room, I smile and turn on the lights causing the room to be engulfed in lights, revealing that the room is not a room, but in fact a large hanger, with two large scale zoids inside of it, my Red Horn, and Jess' Zaber Fang. "Hey old girl." I smile and enter the cockpit and activate my zoid causing it to roar to life. I press a button that causes the hanger roof which was covered by our backyard to split in half and the floor began to rise up, until the two zoids were at ground level. My next door neighbors had chosen to have a romantic evening in their backyard. "Evening neighbors." They looked at my zoid in shock. I smile "Well, have a great time." I close the cockpit and i begin to move my zoid onto the main road, the floor of the hanger retracting, and being covered by the back yard again. "This is Horn Actual, i am en-route to the castle, ETA 4 minutes give or take with traffic.' "Roger Horn Actual, be advised the pony is now in bandit hands, repeat the pony is now in bandit hands." Colonel Schubaltz radios me. "Roger that command. I will be rendezvousing with my division and look for the prince. "Negative Horn Actual, let the 12th handle that. I want you and the 11th to find that pony!" Schubaltz orders, 'I will be calling in the rest of the Guardian Force." "Yes sir." I grumble. My daughter was missing, and he places me on pony recovery duty, god sometimes i wish i didnn't rig my poker games in favor of him. ----Sarah---- "Oh, this shirt is awesome!" Clover smiles holding up a long sleeve shirt with the Guardian Force logo on it, we had yet to change out of our formal wear, and i think we were starting to draw attention. "Come on Clover. Let's go." I said having picked out several pairs of jeans, as well as some shirts, jackets, socks, and several changes of underwear. "We are so gonna get caught." Rudolph sighs as we near the register and put all the clothes on the checkout counter "Alright the total will be, 361 dollars." The cashier smiles "Here you go." Rudolph hands her his credit card, and she hands us the clothes "Have a good day." She hands the card back to him. "I can't believe we didn't get caught.' I smile as we head back to the changing rooms to get out of our formal gear. "Guys, we have company." Clover says as we leave the changing rooms. There were imperial soldiers entering the store. "Shit." Rduolph curses