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The overcast sky gave way to a bit of darkness above, breaks in the solid grey cieling letting pale blue sky of evening show through.

And, to add to the calming effects of late day, a comet was blazing by above, seen through the patchwork of the cloudy blanket. But, if one watched, the comet was getting larger. Much larger. Comet became meteorite- an incoming meteorite.

The blazing white light grew closer in a matter of seconds. Larger, larger and blindingly brilliant. In brief moments, it slammed into the dusty, desert-like ground, though at least this area was skirted with groves of trees and bits of small shubbery and grasses along the ground. The impact sent dirt and rocks flying, returning to the ground in a shower.

Edge stayed there for now, curled tightly in a black ball- Wings had long-since refolded, but spikes and blade-like structures stood out all over his form, showing that this meteorite wasn't exactly something from beyond the atmosphere. Within Edge, Kai stirred, restrained and held safe by the draconic organoid's thick black coils. She groaned softly- but nothing that could be heard beyond Edge's blackened shell.

The black draconic organoid began to uncurl itself. Bladed tail lashed outwards first, impacting the ground a second time and leaving another heavy dent in the rocky ground. Hindlegs shifted, dark silver talons grating against the rocks to find balance. And, lastly, his head rose. No runic markings lingered on his body.

No, he was jet black aside from the pulsing blue of power and fury in his dangerous-looking eyes.

He wanted to stay put, to rest for a moment, but he felt an approach, and not a small one. Not only a relatively powerful zoid, but an organoid he didn't know.

Would this day ever end?

The draconic organoid turned its wicked head towards Catastrophe, hissing, with white-silver fangs glittering viciously. It squared itself towards the zoid, as if in an effort to threaten it off.

Edge's black armor was dusty, dirty- the black almost a greyed brown after impacting the ground. One would think he'd at least rise with a dent, but he was unscatched, and only ever more infuriated.

However, the ancient organoid waited- waited to see their intentions before making his next move.

The lack of returned hostility was more or less a sigh of relief. The squeaks from Agumo were understood, and while Edge could have communicated directly with the organoid, he was strained and didn't particularly feel like opening that can of worms right at the moment.

Kai was waking, pulling back from his conciousness, separating again to be in and of herself. Likely to wake in hysterics, the organoid wouldn't, or perhaps couldn't, chance keeping her restrained.

The chest chamber of the organoid opened, and Marcia could see the long black coils from within him circled around what looked to be a girl. They extended and set the girl gingerly on the ground- an action that didn't quite seem to fit the displayed personality of the mechanical dragon.

When her eyes opened, they glowed the same blue as Edge. They opened quickly, and wide, and suddenly Kai began to thrash- screaming at the top of her lungs.

Dust caught in her throat, and the blue faded from her eyes. Closing them, she turned onto her side, choking and coughing as she tried to clear her lungs of the inhaled debris.

Her entire form trembled, though whether it was from fear, anguish, anger or physical harm, it was hard to tell. She was bandaged nearly from head to toe already, but over said bandages was a layer of soot and what seemed to be burns on some lengths of skin.

Whatever had happened, it was rather serious.

The organoid hunched over her slightly, protectively, though with enough room to be out of her thrashing range. His eyes remained angled upwards at Marcia.

Despite the fact that the Saix was going at a relatively leisurely pace considering what it was, the dragon MRZ that tailed it on the ground still had some difficulty keeping up. For the most part, it didn't mind a whole lot, as it was better than being left behind somewhere.

It wasn't too often Blade would venture in the uncharted territories, but at times there were some interesting things to be seen or to be found. On a rare occasion he might find an old Zoid or other things that may have some useful parts and such. If he was lucky, he might find something today.

For the most part, things had been going rather slowly, as nothing of interest caught his attention. Though, in the distance, a streak of light soon came crashing down into the earth.

Was that a comet? thought the thief as he stared in the direction where the thing landed. Well, he may as well go investigate it nonetheless. Seeing a crater and meteorite would at least be more interesting than the usual sand and rocks.

"I'm going to go see what that was, meet me there alright?" he called down to the MRZ before ushering the Saix to hurry on towards the crash site.

Seeing the larger zoid blaze on off, Maelthra let out a slightly disgruntle noise as it ran on to try and catch up. At least it knew where they were headed.

Drawing closer to the scene, the Lightning Saix soon slowed down as another zoid came into view. It only took a few moments before Blade realized he recognized the machine; he had seen it at Riot's camp that one night. There was no mistaking it too as he hadn't quite seen any other Zoid like that one, even if he originally saw it at night. With the bio-Zoid in sight, his approach became more wary, as he felt there was some potential trouble to be had here.

Though, he soon saw the ones on the ground near the large skeletal machine. Two of the figures appeared to be organoids of sorts, while the third was no other than Marcia. Now that was something he wasn't exactly expecting to see all the way out here. Looking more carefully, he soon realized there was a fourth figure; one underneath the dark organoid.

Agumo squeaked in surprise As Egdge opened a link between the two of them. It was far to curious regardless of its shyness I'm Agumo, It spoke happily bright blue eyes flashed with curiosity. And that's Marcia She's my friend, The organoid continued You called me remember when you fell. the organoid's tone was bright and cheery quite a contrast to the zoid behind them.

"Hey are you ok?" Jager? That sound like a zoid's name, what in the hell happened to these guys two. She was completely frantic. Marcia knelt down on one knee . She watched the organoid lift it's partner so she could sit, the other girl looked like she was in a lot of pain.

"I've got some medicine in Catastophe, if you want." her voice was calm and even, she cast a look of concern at the wounded girl before locking stare's at the organoid again. This was going to be a long day. She had to convince the pair she didn't want to hurt them before she could help them.

Agumo squeaked nudging Marcia to let her know there was another zoid nearby. That meant another human, and a human that wasn't hurt Agumo took a sep back before merging back into the skeletal zoid.

"Hey Agumo" Marcia's torso spun around averting her gaze from the black organoid. Marcia smiled fondly at the skiddish organoid as it merged. That could mean only one thing. There was some one else nearby.

Catastrophe came to life once more as it glowed blue for a moment and stood with a roar in the direction of the saix. Something the size of a Gojulas standing was definitely hard to miss. Catastrophe moved on it's own to stand over both Marcia and the other pair. Catastrophe growled threateningly at the approaching saix.

Marcia sighed. Could this day get any better.

The cheeriness was certainly something Edge was not used to, and he growled softly through clenched teeth, tugging the back of Kai's tunic harder to sit her upright before letting go. Serpentine-like movements turned his head and swayed his tail as he watched Agumo bolt off to merge with the skeletal zoid.

The link between the two was shut by the black organoid as he determined that no intentional hostility was going to be shown to them- not that he could fight off much, but he'd go into one heck of a rage if it had turned out otherwise.

Kai blinked, almost stupidly, at first, staring up at the unfamiliar face. Her mind swam with questions, memories, regrets- all trying to piece together the past few hours.

Eventually, she slowly shook her head and lifted a hand, many of the bandages- made from tattered cloth and not actual medical supplies- were ragged, cut, and hanging revealing much of the wounds beneath. Some deep, some shallow. Though, that didn't seem to be of primary concern. The lifted hand held her head and she closed her eyes.

"I'm.." Kai started to speak, but no matter how much she wanted to lie, she just couldn't utter the word 'fine', so instead she uttered the only word to make sense, "I'm alive."

Coherence came slowly, "Jager.. was my zoid. He.. it.. was.." She stuttered and her words faded as she began to waver in and out of conciousness. The wickedly taloned hindlimb of Edge propped her up, and kept her from falling back into the dirt behind them.

As if in response to the Saix's approach, Edge snarled, metallic jaws snapping. He only quieted at the shouted reproach from Blade. And his verbal warning swayed into just a displeased glare. The draconic organoid figured these two humans could be of some use, if only he'd reign in his growing desire to attack them.

Between the look the dark organoid gave him, and the wary stance of the large bio-Zoid, Blade thought it was best if he didn't have the Saix approach any further. The cheetah like zoid rumbled lowly, not exactly liking the tense atmosphere that was about.

"Take it easy.. nothing's going to happen" muttered Blade to his Zoid before adding under his breath, "I hope."

From there, he opened the cockpit to drop down onto the ground. It might make the skeletal zoid a little more relaxed if the Saix didn't have its pilot in the cockpit. At least that was what he was hoping. Speaking of that zoid, he was curious to its relation with Marcia. Last time he saw her she said it belonged to a friend... was that this seemingly injured pilot on the ground?

He didn't hear everything, but he did manage to catch the tail end of the down pilot's words. So the skeletal wasn't hers then.

"Is she hurt?" he asked Marcia while keeping his distance for the time being.