Board Thread:Art, Stories and Songs/@comment-21447002-20151204061030

A small beetle crawls down a metal panel, fluttering it's wings. Zooming out, the beetle is crawling on the head of a downed Armored Core, with it's mono-eye cracked and lifeless. The beetle takes off, flying away as the camera zooms out even more to reveal a desolate city, cluttered with abandoned cars, wrecked Runners, and destroyed ACs. Numerous buildings stood as old relics of the past...

In the city outskirts, in the dead plains that had small patches of grass and trees scattered about, two metal pods fell from the sky. One was burning green while the other was a bright purple. The two pods land, making a loud crashing sound that causes nearby birds to fly away in fear. The green pod opens first, a metal endoskeleton hand grasping the side. Out of it, Zack steps out, clutching his endoskeleton head with his other hand. The purple pod opens soon after, with a purple and white figure crawling out, revealing to be Tess. Zack looks over and sees that it's Tess. He has a shocked expression.

Zack: T...Tess?

Tess recognizes Zack's voice and looks at him. She goes wide-eyed, her right hand's fingers slightly shaking.

Tess: Zack? ZACK!

Zack: TESS!

Both stumble towards each other, leaving imprints in the ground. The two embrace, with Tess nuzzling her face into Zack's endoskeleton chest as Zack puts his right hand behind Tess's head, rubbing the back of her head.

Zack: I thought I lost you...

Tess: Me too...

The two look at each other, smiling with oil tears in their eyes. After a brief few seconds, they only now come to their senses and look around them, still holding each other.

Tess: Where are we? What are we doing here? When did we...

The two look at the pods.

Zack: When did we get put inside these pods?

The two had many questions, but what drew their attention was a distant explosion that occurred West of them. They look West, seeing the desolate city, along with a building that was set on fire, smoke pouring out of what seemed to be from the midsection of the building.

Zack: Oh boy...

Zack and Tess stop embracing each other, and Zack looks back inside his pod. After rummaging through, he finds a pair of claw gauntlets. He attaches the gauntlets onto his hands, and by gripping his hands, three claws extend from the front of the gauntlets, shining.

Zack: Alright then!

Tess checks inside her pod, and pulls out two daggers, one which glowed a white hue while the other had a sleek, dark purple shine on the tip of the curved dagger.

Tess: Well, at least we have our means of defending ourselves.

Zack nods, turning his head back to the city as another explosion from the same building goes off.

Zack: Let's go, Tess. Together.

Tess nods back, sticking close to Zack as the two run towards the city, beginning their new adventure... 