Disclaimer – I don't own Zoids or any of its characters. They belong to their respective creators.

Author's note: I decided to take a shot and write a Zoids Chaotic Century fic for a change. I hope you all enjoy it, but expect updates to be erratic. I'm especially going to need help with this one since Zoids CC is more complex than Zoids/Zero. But we can talk about that later.

This story takes during the Guardian Force part of Chaotic Century. Where in the Guardian Force timeline, I'm not too sure. Whatever makes you comfortable.

Dedicated to fire fox for giving me the idea with her constant "I love Raven"s and all. Thank you Fire Fox!

And don't forget to review!

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Empty Soul

By Demonix Kata

A lone figure stood atop a large hill that oversaw a Guardian Force base, his worn-out cape blowing in the night wind. The night sky glistened with sparkling stars and the moons were full and bright. The figure looked down at the base and knitted his brow, his face barely visible in the night air. A low snarl sounded behind him. A black organoid, with its robin's egg eyes glowing in the darkness, was getting anxious.

"Calm down, Shadow," said the man, "This will be over soon enough."

The organoid made another low growl and the man smirked.

"I know you'll enjoy this as much as I," he said.

He hopped off the hilltop and slid down into the valley, followed by his black organoid.

They soon reached the bottom and proceeded toward the base.

Two men were guarding the base entrance. They could spot their silhouettes quickly if they weren't careful. So the man and his organoid dove behind a rock for cover. He could have sworn he heard one of the guards ask the other if he heard something. Raven, if you want to do this right, you'll have to be careful!

Raven peeked over the rock to get a better look at the guards. The lights to the entrance were bright and vivid. It'd be hard to sneak in without catching the guards' attention. Something had to be done about them.

And it's not like Raven didn't want to murder, anyway.

He smiled smugly. This would cause for superior stealth abilities than he intended to use.

"Come on, Shadow," he said quietly. The organoid let out a small growl in compliance.

They stood up and walked quietly across the sandy ground.

One of the guards yawned. He really didn't feel like doing the night shift. The other guard was slowly lolling, destined for sleep. It was obvious that neither of them wanted to be out there.

They wouldn't be for long.

Raven and Shadow slowly walked forward, towards the two men. The two guards didn't hear a thing until Shadow accidentally kicked a rock.

"What was that?" asked a guard. Both men drew their guns and aimed them at the darkness.

"Who goes there?!"

"Don't make us shoot!"

Two thwacks hit each of them on the back of the neck. Immediately the guards slunk down, out like lights. Raven rose from behind them and smirked.

"That takes care of them," he said smugly.

 Shadow growled quietly.

"You're right. We can't risk them getting up again. You can handle this one."

The organoid's black metal skin shined in the light as he raised his foot and aimed his sharp sword-like toes downward.

With a huge thrust, he brought it down onto backs of the guards. The sound of breaking bones was music to Raven's ears. He smiled a sadistic smile.

"Of course, now this means you can't follow me. Wouldn't want you tracking blood on the floor."

Shadow let out a mournful growl.

"Relax. Just watch my back for trouble."

Raven broke through the base's entrance. The hallways were dimly lit and the entire place was quiet. He'd have to be extra careful. The last thing he needed was to wake any of the personnel. No, he was going to finish this job.

Raven was never much of a stealth person. He usually just went head on and whoever crossed his path would have a date with their maker.

But this plan caused for stealth and sneaking if he wanted this job done right.

He slunk by the corners and shadows of the hall.

There was a certain room he had to find. A certain room he sought.

Now if only he could find that room.

The hallway led to many rooms. Some of them led to rooms with computers. Places where they researched, Raven figured. Things on Zoid Eve, organoids, and the like. Probably had files on him too. But he wasn't interested in that right now. Maybe later, when he destroys everything and everyone in here with his Geno Breaker.

He slunk through the shadows, down many hallways and corridors, hoping to find clues to the whereabouts of his destination.

He had to be extra quiet since it seemed nobody was awake. Curses, he didn't want to have to work this hard. This should've been easy but the place was so big.

Voices!

Raven froze. Apparently not everyone was sleeping. His head darted left and right, looking for a place to hide and fast.  Fortunately, there was an empty room to his left. He quickly dove into the room and hid in its dark shadows.

The voices were getting closer and closer. Raven was soon able to distinguish those voices as female. One was haughty and confident, the other more soft and feminine.

Bingo.

His target was sighted, and now he had to figure out how to do this without causing much ruckus. Plus the possible interference of that other young woman would make things difficult.

Oh well, like he said, it's not like he didn't want to murder.

Raven grew tense as the two females walked into the room, one a brunette with slightly tan skin, the other a blond with porcelain white skin. This must've been their quarters as they were about to make themselves comfortable on the two twin beds. Raven kept quiet in the shadows. His raven black hair and dark clothing made it very easy to be concealed in the darkness. He just hoped they wouldn't turn on the lights.

"Fiona, you've been working too hard. You need to cut yourself some slack," said the tan-skinned girl. The blond, Fiona, gave her friend a small smile.

"I just want to be as useful as I can be, Moonbay. Van, Thomas, and Irvine are always going out on their missions and even you go along sometimes. All I do is sit there typing away doing research for the Guardian Force. So I work as hard as I can to help Van in any way. Even if it means working into the wee hours of the night."

Moonbay threw her hands up in exasperation.

"Isn't that being useful enough? Fiona, sometimes you're too hard on yourself."

"I'm sorry, Moonbay. I didn't mean to irritate you," she said, closing the door shut.

Moonbay's face softened and she shook her head and looked at the blonde with sweet eyes.

"You're not irritating me, hon. It's hard to be annoyed with you. You're just too sweet."

Fiona blushed.

"Um, thank you. I guess," she said almost embarrassingly. Moonbay chuckled.

"Come on, let's just go to sleep. You'll work more in the morning."

Only one of you will be going to sleep tonight. Whether you'll wake up will be debatable.

"Alright. Good night, Moonbay."

"G'night."

That's my cue.

Raven lifted his knife. A little light reflected on the blade, which was unfortunate for him as it got the blond's attention.

"Moonbay! Look out!" cried Fiona, except the cry wasn't loud, but more like a whisper.

"Huh?" Moonbay looked behind her and saw a knife headed for her face. She quickly sat up from the bed and dodged.

Raven leapt up at the brunette. Moonbay brought a knee sharply into Raven's stomach, forcing the air out of him. Raven doubled over Moonbay's knee in agony. Moonbay slammed her elbow into the back of Raven's neck, but it wasn't forceful enough to break it. Raven did drop to the floor however.

"Is he dead?" Fiona asked timidly.

A sharp "No!" was said, but not by Moonbay. Raven shot and took out his knife again. The butt of the knife connected with Moonbay's chin viciously. Moonbay staggered back clutching her face. Raven didn't think for he knew what he wanted to do next. He aimed the knife at the brunette and drove it into her abdomen. The piercing pain struck her like lightning. Add to that a second bash into the face by Raven's rock-hard fist and she couldn't go on any longer. She immediately slunk to the floor, her eyes dilated like the dead, her breathing hoarse and becoming few and far between. Raven left her to drown in her own blood, which was increasing by the second because of the knife injury.

Fiona was frozen with fear. How could she have let that happen? Her own friend, who she loved very much, was close to death. And she just stood there, didn't even call for help. And her killer stood there staring at Fiona, signaling that it wasn't over yet.

Oh no.

With liquid speed he ran up and got behind her, grabbed her, and brought the bloody knife to her neck. He didn't have to say a word or give any threats for the message was clear. The knife pressed down on her skin enough so that a small trickle blood seeped out of her skin and dripped down the knife mixing with Moonbay's blood, still stained on the blade.

Raven dragged the blonde over to the room exit and looked down the hall. Not a person in sight. He retraced his step stealthily back to the base entrance where Shadow still waited, looming over the two bodies of the guards.

The organoid tilted its head at the sight of his friend holding some girl.

"I'm back Shadow. Didn't take long at all," Raven said smugly.

Shadow let out a small grumble.

"No, I didn't kill her," said Raven. He looked down at the young woman and noticed that she had gone limp. He put his hand over her chest to feel a heartbeat. Thankfully, it was still there. Breathing steadily too. She must've fainted. Made it all the much more convenient for him.

Raven mounted Fiona onto his organoid. Shadow fidgeted a bit and grumbled.

"Come one Shadow. We can leave this place now that our mission is complete," Raven said. The two walked off into the desert horizon with their brand new prisoner.

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That concludes Chapter 1. What do you think? If you don't know by now, this will be a Raven-centric fic, but I am always open to suggestions. And there are a few things I need to know.

I could use some more information on Raven. The last thing I wanna do is have him act OOC so if someone could help me out with writing about him, I would be grateful. I've seen the show, but I'm not sure if I got his personality down right.

Plus I wouldn't mind a beta-reader who has a lot of knowledge on Zoids CC/GF. I've seen the entire show, but some parts I'm still not too clear on so if someone could help me with that, I would be grateful. Just e-mail me.

And that's it for now. Please Review and give feedback. I'd appreciate it. And don't flame!