This section has more humourous things than the previous section. There was something I was supposed to explain about this section, but I forgot what it was.
Zoids – Dimension Crisis
The Dark Spiner and Gojulas Giga had been walking for several minutes, attempting to find whoever had blasted the Geno Saurer into pieces. So far, there had been no sign of them.
"The Geno Saurer pilot must have blown himself up purposely to avoid being insane any longer." Lauren realised, "If someone shot him they couldn't have got out of sight before anyone saw them."
"The Geno Saurer didn't just explode." Ted stated, "The person who attacked it shoved several blades through the pilot. Even if he was insane I doubt he would kill himself."
"If he killed himself, he wouldn't be able to make his Zoid explode." Lauren agreed, "But it could have been someone with some kind of Liger who fights anything with a charged particle gun for no reason."
Suddenly, the Dark Spiner jumped onto the Gojulas Giga's back. The Dark Spiner leapt off the Gojulas Giga's back, launching itself a considerable distance into the air, and it was soon out of sight.
Near the abandoned, snow-covered building-
The Dark Spiner fell out of the air, landing on the Blade Liger. The Blade Liger's was forced downwards by the impact, and the Dark Spiner attempted to fire at it but the guns were incapable of aiming low enough.
"Colin, a Dark Spiner just fell out of nowhere and landed on your Blade Liger. I think it's currently attempting to shatter the Liger's neck." Darren reported, watching from inside the building.
"A fat dragon sat on my Blade Liger once." Colin replied, "But it caused enough damage to the legs that we had to have spring-loaded devices attached to the Liger's legs."
The Liger was suddenly forced into standing position once again. This happened with immense force, through the Dark Spiner into the air and out of sight of everyone in the building.
Somewhere in the desert, near the power plant-
The Dark Spiner once again fell out of the air, slamming into the ground and lying motionless. The Gojulas Giga began to approach it, and eventually the Dark Spiner began to stand.
"Aren't we supposed to be searching for the person who blew up the Geno Saurer?" Lauren asked, "What was the point of launching the Dark Spiner to… how was the Dark Spiner even able to jump that far?"
"Well basically, everyone with a dinosaur Zoid with a Charged Particle Gun is given this contract that says they have to fight anyone with any kind of Liger whenever possible." Ted tried to explain, "But since they also realised that fights between Ligers and dinosaur Zoids with Charged Particle Guns make people buy models of those Zoids, they insist on putting battles like that in the script even when it's completely ludicrous."
"I have heard of several occasions when those kinds of Zoids fought each other for absolutely no reason." Lauren said, "But now the radar is malfunctioning. At least, I think it is. There's these dots that won't disappear."
"That is the point of a radar system." Ted explained, "See, right now you're thinking of a radio, which is used for communications, whereas a radar system is used for finding out if something's approaching."
"That explains why there's dots on the radar." Lauren replied, "But, they're currently heading towards us… if I'm using this radio system thing right. They could be heading away from us."
"There are three very strange Zoids approaching that are different from any Zoids most people have previously seen. Although some people must have seen them at some point." Ted reported.
Three Zoids, which were known as Bio Megaraptors, sped towards the Gojulas Giga and Dark Spiner. They fired several shots, but completely failed to hit anything.
'These people must have worse aim than the A-Team.' Ted thought, firing the Dark Spiner's shoulder cannons. The cannons blasted the first Bio Megaraptor's head apart.
Unfortunately, the remaining two Bio Megaraptors became considerably more accurate. Or more specifically, they were now able to hit very large rocks, causing them to fall on the Gojulas Giga, knocking it to the ground.
A mountain-
"While we're standing here pointlessly, anything could happen." Randy stated, "We could even be ambushed by sheep-men, and forced to serve an army of sheep-men and an Emperor of the sheep-men."
"I don't think there are any sheep-men here… or anywhere." Cheryl replied, "Actually, if you believe sheep-men will be trying to capture us at some point in the future, you're probably an idiot."
"I'm surprised you've known me for so long, and only think that I'm 'probably' an idiot." Randy said, "But, since we haven't seen any sign of anything here, we should probably return to the carriers."
"But the fastest way to reach the carriers is by running down the mountain, and if we tried to run down the mountain we could fall to our deaths." Cheryl realised, "So we can't return to the carriers."
"That could be a problem." Randy agreed, "Although, we don't actually have to walk down the side of the mountain. It is possible for us to travel down the mountain much more slowly."
"That must be the first intelligent plan anyone on this team has ever had. Even if it doesn't change anything important." Cheryl said, as she turned and walked towards the Snipe Liger.
"I know it's unusual for anyone from our team to have a good idea, but that doesn't mean we have to constantly struggle in order to actually achieve something." Randy said. Randy boarded the Killer Dome.
Cheryl climbed into the cockpit of the Snipe Liger. Immediately, something slammed into the Snipe Liger. This was a large Triceratops-based Zoid, which was named Bio Tricera. It shoved the Snipe Liger off the cliff.
Cheryl attempted to close the cockpit. The cockpit closed but the Snipe Liger slammed into the ground. Amazingly it remained in one piece. Despite this, Cheryl was knocked unconscious by the impact.
'Maybe I should leave now.' Randy thought. The Killer Dome tried to walk away, but two Bio Triceras rammed the Zoid, crushing it with their horns. Randy screamed as he realised he had forgot to set the VCR.
The crash site of the carriers-
"Nobody's returned yet." James reported, "Somehow, I'm getting the idea that everyone is trying to find an excuse to abandon us, and our pitiful excuse for a base. But it won't work"
"It won't work?" Deirdre asked, "But they're already left. In order to stop them abandoning us, you would have to go back in time, which, theoretically, means you would have to run faster than the speed of light."
"I have no intention of running faster than the speed of light!" James shouted, "However, I have every intention of using my Slash Liger to drag the people who abandoned us back to the carriers."
"That's not really a good idea." Jake said, "If you leave now, the all we have to defend the Hover Cargo is the Jet Falcon. I don't think the Jet Falcon could protect us."
"We also have a Gildragon." Nick reminded everyone, "Is it that easy to forget about me and my Zoid after I just won a very strange, very stupid battle for everyone? And we have a Matrix Dragon…"
"Yes, but who would want to pilot that Matrix Dragon?" Jake asked, "We know Randy worked on it, and if Randy worked on it, then… well, I'd expect it to explode when the cockpit opens."
"Well, that is one drawback, but it's still worth using when you normally pilot a Hover Cargo that happens to be a piece of junk." James tried to reason, "Anyway, I really should find them."
"Wouldn't it make more sense for me to find them?" Nick asked, "Since you barely even remember when I'm here, what difference is it going to make if I leave this place?"
"Well, it would help in that we won't have to pretend we can tolerate you anymore." Deirdre said, "But, apart from that, isn't it easier to find them since your Zoid can fly?"
"Well, there is that. But mainly I want to leave this place for a few minutes so that I can imagine I'm stranded with people who aren't annoying." Nick replied, turning towards the Gildragon.
"Well if you're leaving, I think some people headed towards that mountain. Apart from that, I have no idea where anyone else is, so you should probably forget about them." Jake suggested.
"Well, I already forgot who they were, so I guess forgetting that they even exist won't be that much of a change." Nick admitted, boarding the cockpit of the Gildragon. The cockpit closed prematurely, causing him to collapse.
Nick fell off the Gildragon's head and held onto a cannon on its neck. Nick tried to climb back up to the Gildragon's head but the Gildragon inexplicably began to fly away by itself.
As the Gildragon flew out of sight, the members of the Crusade Team still on the ground saw Nick attempting to climb onto the Gildragon's head, but the Gildragon left their field of vision before they could find out what was happening.
"Hopefully he at least survived for a few seconds." James said, "But even if he is still alive, I guess that's just something we have to accept. Hopefully he remembered he's supposed to be flying towards the mountains."
Near the ocean-
Dennis had run to his Storm Tyrant and was currently piloting it away from the cliff as fast as he could. While he was surprised that a pirate had returned to life, he knew he would die if he hesitated.
Not far from him was Frank, who had been ordered to stay behind so that everyone knew where they were. Dennis wasn't too worried about that, and his Storm Tyrant proceeded to run past the Battle Cougar.
"What's going on?" Frank asked. The Battle Cougar flew into the air, following the Storm Tyrant, "Wasn't everyone supposed to meet back where I was standing? That plan won't work now."
"This crazy pirate guy came back to life." Dennis stated, "And then he killed Mary and somehow in the process of all this the Iron Kong fell off a cliff, fell a very long way and shattered into pieces."
"And now you're running from him?" Frank asked, "Now, I know you're meant to be in command, but you're missing the very obvious solution, which would end this entire problem."
"Well I may be confused right now, and maybe that's why I don't see this 'solution', but I still think you're imagining the 'solution' because, well, you've never fought an undead guy." Dennis said, clearly terrified.
"It's true that I haven't, but you could easily have used your Zoid's supercharged particle cannon and blown him away." Frank stated, "So I don't understand why you're running."
"But, he brought us here somehow!" Dennis shouted, "I don't know how he's capable of transporting us to this location, but somehow he brought us here. It's obvious that he has supernatural powers."
"I haven't believed in supernatural powers since I found that Max smelling really, really bad was completely natural." Frank said, "Anyway, there's no point in running even if all of this is true."
"Why not?" Dennis asked, "I know your idea of blasting him apart has some logic, but if it doesn't work, then he'll be even more pissed off than he was before. We should find the others."
"They are supposed to be heading this way." Frank pointed out, "So you're not really going to achieve something by 'finding' them, since we're going to see them at some point anyway."
"Yes, but if we wait that pirate will catch up with us." Dennis replied, "Well to be honest, he won't catch up with you because he can't possibly have the ability to fly, but…"
"Why are you running this way?" Max demanded, "Earlier you gave us the order to go to where Frank was. Are you trying to confuse everyone in the entire human race? Wait… why would anyone want to?"
"They're not intending for us to be confused." Susan realised, "That would be pointless, since we are trying to find a way to survive. Anyway, we've found this strange wooden building."
Inside a wooden building-
"Maybe entering a wooden building wasn't such a great idea." Dennis stated, "This building only has one room, and two doors, so I won't be surprised if he finds us in this room."
"I don't know who you're talking about, but whoever owns this place obviously can't even afford any furniture." Max replied, "I don't know what kind of person lives here, but probably a stupid idiot."
"Is it possible for an idiot not to be stupid?" Frank asked, "Or is a stupid idiot an idiot who's stupid by idiots' standards? If idiots thought of someone as stupid, since they're idiots, would that person actually be intelligent?"
"That's not the main problem now." Dennis said, "We found out what brought us here when we were searching. But there's another problem. It started when the Iron Kong fell off a cliff-"
"Apparently Dennis and Mary somehow caused the Iron Kong to fall." Frank informed everyone, "And somehow they ended up on a cliff, so it fell a long distance and smashed into pieces."
"That's the worst thing that's happened so far." Susan realised, "Now we can't sell it, buy a smaller Zoid, and give the profit to whoever owns this place so they can afford some furniture."
"Not only that, but we can't even ell it to the person who owns this place, denying them the chance to ever be able to afford any furniture, with the result that they get annoyed to death." Max stated.
"If we wanted them to get annoyed to death, we could just make sure they were in the same room as you for the rest of their lives!" Frank shouted, "Then we won't have to salvage that Iron Kong."
"This is a serious situation." Dennis attempted to inform the other members of the Tyrant Team, "Mary was killed by some weird pirate… well, actually a weird, undead pirate."
"I don't think anyone's ever going to believe that." Max replied, "I know you're our leader, and we have respect for you, but really, if you expect us to believe that… well, really, we can't."
"I don't understand why!" Dennis shouted, "We're lost in this weird place… well, maybe we're not lost, exactly, but, we still need to find civilisation, and there's no point of practical jokes here…"
"There may be no reason for playing practical jokes on anyone, but it's obvious that you are." Max replied, "Maybe I should be in charge of this team, since obviously I am mental."
"Don't you mean you're not mental?" Susan asked, "Wait, I just realised that Max said that. Anyway… well… even if there is a pirate, I don't think he would start killing people."
"I thought pirates tended to kill people." Max said, "Or at least steal things from people, or take people captive. Regardless of what's actually happened, I don't think there's a pirate here."
Someone walked past one of the windows of the building. This shocked everyone significantly, because they were surprised that the person who owned this building could afford windows.
"The pirate is outside." Dennis realised. This caused the rest of the Tyrant Team to start laughing, surprised that their leader was still trying to make them believe something about an undead pirate.
Somewhere in the desert-
The Dark Spiner was running from the two Bio Megaraptors. For some unknown reason, a Gun Blaster, which had no pilot, had begun to follow the Dark Spiner around. More often that not, it was getting in the way.
A severely damaged Killer Dome was sent flying. It slammed into the Gun Blaster's head and caused it to collapse, unconscious. The impact sent the Killer Dome flying through the air, towards the Dark Spiner.
'This has to be the most convenient random thing that's ever happened.' Ted thought, as he pressed a button to initiate the fusion. The Dark Spiner's shoulder cannons detached, attaching to the top of the Killer dome's pincers, despite the fact that the Killer dome was still out of control. It landed on the Dark Spiner's sail. Suddenly, the Killer Dome's cockpit door fell open. As the Bio Megaraptors approached, Randy, either dead or terribly injured, fell onto the Dark Spiner's nose.
'This dead guy is blocking my vision!' Ted thought. In desperation he fired the Killer Spiner's pincer cannons, blasting one Megaraptor's arm off, and the chest cannons, blasting a hole next to the Megaraptor's leg, but in continued to charge.
The Killer Dome's pincers turned towards the Spiner's head as the Megaraptor advanced. From their new position, the Dark Spiner's shoulder cannons fired, blowing a hole in the Megaraptor's head and neck, and it collapsed.
The remaining Bio Megaraptor fired several shots wildly. Most of them missed, but one hit the Killer Spiner's knee, piercing the armour and causing it to collapse. The impact caused Randy to fall off the Spiner's nose.
Another shot struck the Killer Spiner's neck. The cockpit was shaken severely. Ted tried to make the Killer Spiner stand, but the neck was damaged too badly for it to move. Before the Megaraptor could fire, a Gustav slammed into it!
The Gustav proceeded to run over the Bio Megaraptor, sending pieces of it flying everywhere. The two platforms being pulled behind the Gustav also ran over the Megaraptor. The second platform, however, couldn't move off the Megaraptor.
The Megaraptor exploded. The second platform and the Geno Saurer on it were engulfed by the explosion. Instead of destroying the Geno Saurer, the explosion caused it to shrink!
"Darn, now I'll never be able to reach the cockpit!" The Sherriff who had been involved in saving James's Slash Liger from sinking into a tar pit shouted as he disembarked from the Gustav's cockpit.
'The Killer Spiner isn't going to be able to walk back to the Hover Cargo.' Ted thought, watching as the Sheriff attempted to use the Gustav's radio, but he failed to contact anyone.
"If you need communications equipment, you can use the equipment on my Killer Spiner. It can't walk, so it has to be transported by the Gustav. The Killer Dome's pilot is also injured." Ted announced.
"I don't even know how I got to the desert." The Sheriff said, walking past the first platform, "But yes, I guess I need the best communications systems possible." In less than two minutes, the Killer Spiner was placed on the second platform.
It was hard not to notice the motionless Gun Blaster. Ted approached it as the Gustav began to leave. However, two Zoids couldn't fit on the second platform, and the Killer Spiner accidentally knocked the miniature Geno Saurer off.
A river-
The Sea Panther Team had reached the end of the river, where they saw a large creature that was a large fish, but its jaws had large plates-like teeth and it had tentacles… basically resembled a Dunkleostreus with tentacles.
"Aren't Dunkleostrueses supposed to be extinct? And aren't they supposed to not have tentacles?" Ian asked, "It's a good thing that everyone who becomes a Zoid pilot must first become an expert on obscure prehistoric sea creatures."
"I never thought we would ever use that information." Jane admitted, "But, this creature is supposed to be predatory, isn't it? Maybe that's why there's nothing else alive here."
"We should just leave. It's not really important that we just found a mutated Dunkleostreus." Paul realised, "It's very large, but it shouldn't be capable of harming us."
"I don't think we should underestimate something that… has no reason to actually attack us." Dean said, "Okay, maybe we can get past this thing without anything stupid happening."
"Maybe if we had actually bothered to use some other Zoids instead of five Sea Panthers, we wouldn't be in this situation." Ian suggested. The Sea Panthers sped past the Dunkleostreus creature without anything happening.
"Well, we've made it. Maybe we should celebrate by firing off torpedoes randomly." Paul suggested. Paul's Sea Panther fired three torpedoes. One of them slammed into the prehistoric creature.
The Sea Panthers began to turn, but the strange sea creature shot forward and slammed into Paul's Sea Panther, causing it to be sent flying forwards. It crashed into a large rock.
"A large fish is attacking me… wait, that isn't actually scary." Paul realised. The Sea Panther began to move away from the mutated prehistoric fish. The cannon on top of its shell spun to face it.
The Sea Panther rejoined the other Sea Panthers, while their 'enemy' continued to sit where it was, watching as the Sea Panthers turned and began to walk towards the coastline.
"I don't really find fish threatening." Paul stated, "But maybe firing torpedoes for no reason was a bad idea. Anyway, that fish has more power than I expected, but it's not really a threat."
The mutated fish shot forwards, slamming into the Sea Panther. It was sent tumbling across the sea bed. The Sea Panther rolled onto its feet and fired many shots from its cannon, striking the mutated sea creature with no effect.
"I don't think shooting at it is a good idea." Dean suggested, "Well, if I remember correctly, aren't Dunkleostreuses supposed to be armoured? Anyway, your shots aren't actually harming it."
The mutated fish shot forward, biting the Sea Panther and attempting to crush it. The Sea Panther was quickly entangled by the mutated fish's tentacles and they also began to crush it.
"I know things just got worse but… did any of us really consider him to be our friend?" Dean asked. The remaining Sea Panthers sped away from the mutated fish, which began to chase them.
Abandoned oil rig-
The Warriors of Command had finally found a light, but when they turned the light on, they had found that they were alone. The creatures that had attacked were nowhere in sight.
Unfortunately, the man who had been attacked was also nowhere in sight. The creatures must have dragged him away with them when they left, but there was no sign of where they went.
"I don't know how we got here, but now there's these strange creatures killing people." Dave reported, "We don't even know if there's anyone else near this place, but maybe-"
"Well to be honest, they didn't kill people." Carl said, "They only killed a person. Possibly. Well, we haven't seen any proof that he's dead, so maybe he's still alive for some reason."
"It's not just that." Karl added, "So know we're surrounded by water, so it's not really that likely that there's going to be anyone near here, even thought we have reached civilisation."
"So because we're surrounded by water, that means we'll never see anyone again?" Carl asked, "But that's impossible. I'm seeing people right now, unless I'm hallucinating."
"Well, you're not hallucinating!" Dave shouted, "The reason you're seeing other people, is because we ended up in this weird place at the same time, because we were travelling together."
"Maybe we were, but you can't change the fact that I can see other people!" Carl shouted, "Oh wait, that doesn't actually help us to escape from this situation. So what should we do, exactly?"
"We could try to contact Gordon." Karl said, "Unless something happened to him or his Zoid, he had a Mad Thunder and he can wipe out these creatures without even trying."
"We're not part of the ZBC army now." Carl reminded him, "Now we're part of a team called the Warriors of Command… so even if we could contact him, I highly doubt he would listen."
"How would a Mad Thunder get here?" Dave asked, "Okay, so far we've seen random stuff happening, involving someone we're supposed to care about dying, but…"
"Well, we fell through a hole in the ground and ended up here." Karl pointed out, "So it makes sense that our only chance to survive now, is if Gordon falls through another hole."
"Yes, but we have no idea what part of the desert we were in, and anyway, I don't even think a Mad Thunder could fall through a hole in the ground. It's too big to fall through." Dave said.
"That could cause us some problems." Carl said, "But now that we know it's too big to fall through, what chance do we have of surviving now? It will never get here and if these creatures really exist, there's a slight chance we could die."
"Well, there is some chance we could die, but why wouldn't there be?" Dave asked, "Anyway, our Command Wolves can defeat anything that tries to enter this room, even if…"
"Well, for one thing, I don't think there's any real chance of our Zoids being able to fit through the doors." Robert, the last pilot from the Warrior of Command, pointed out.
"You know, we've never actually seen a door since we got here, except for that one door that leads to the ocean." Carl realised, "But if we tried to leave through that exit we could drown."
"I thought we were supposed to learn to swim in order to actually join the ZBC?" Carl asked, surprised, "What would have happened if your Command Wolf fell into the ocean?"
"Well see, that could never happen because Command Wolves never fall into anything, or have anything wrong with them at all." Karl tried to explain, "That's why my Command Wolf is invincible."
"Yes, but it's also why all Command Wolves are invincible." Carl said, "They're blatantly superior to Arosaurers, and comparing them to Iguans is a joke. Iguans are far inferior."
"That's great, but it's not going to save us now." Robert said, "Those creatures know they can't defeat the Command Wolves, which is exactly why they've avoided them completely."
"You may have something there." Dave realised, "Now, if we could return to the Command Wolves' cockpit, there's no way the creatures could attack us, because they would be scared to attack."
"Yes, but then we would have another problem." Carl said, "So far, we know that there's only one door… that we've actually seen, anyway. But the Command Wolves cannot fit through it."
"Didn't we fall through the roof?" Robert asked, "We know we got here by falling down a hole, so the hole in the roof must be invisible. We can jump through it to escape.
Robert ran to his Command Wolf and boarded it. Before he cockpit had even closed, the Command Wolf leapt towards the ceiling. It slammed into the ceiling and fell to the ground.
"The ceiling is so tough that not even a Command Wolf can break through it." Robert realised, "Now, this could be a premature assumption, but the ceiling must be completely invincible."
"It's obvious how we have to escape from here." Karl suddenly realised, "The door isn't big enough for us to escape, so we have to blast a hole in the wall and escape through it."
"That's one solution, but I'm not sure if it's going to work." Dave said, "For one thing, I might not be that intelligent, but I think an oil rig has a large amount of oil somewhere on it. If that's true it could explode."
"Then we have some kind of problem here." Karl realised, "Although, if we can't shoot anything, then we're stuck in this room until those creatures return. Even if we kill them it won't change anything."
"Even if they don't exist in the first place it won't change anything!" Robert shouted, "But we wouldn't even know if that person who's on this team, but I can't remember his name just left and, in reality, we imagined the creatures."
"We didn't imagine any creatures!" Dave shouted. Dave was gradually getting angrier, mainly because his team were apparently incapable of having a conversation that wasn't completely stupid.
Inside the abandoned, snow-covered building-
"I still don't understand what's going on here." John stated, "And why was I given a crappy Zoid like a Parablade, that doesn't really serve any purpose except to combine with a Death Raser?"
"Maybe because we have a Death Raser… wait, that's too convenient." Darren realised, "Were you sent here to spy on us, knowing that we... aren't actually planning anything?"
"Why would the ZBC send someone with a Parablade?" Ron asked, "We know they're all paranoid, but I don't think anyone in the ZBC can be trusted to remember what fuses with what."
"That is true." Claire agreed, "But I think we should be more concerned with the Dark Spiner that suddenly appeared and got catapulted into the distance recently. Doesn't anyone else find that strange?"
"Yes, but by now it could be anywhere." Colin pointed out, "Well really, the only thing that resisted the spring-loaded leg attachments was gravity. So that Dark Spiner could be anywhere on this planet."
"I guess that's one reason not to worry about it. But we don't know if there's a radio in this place. And if there is, we can contact someone and report the crashed carriers." Ron suggested.
"Actually, this place only contains very generic things." Louise reminded everyone, "I doubt there will be a radio… well, the kind we can talk through, anyway. But there must be a phone somewhere."
"Do phones even exist, or were they just invented to terrify everyone?" Colin asked, "Then again, there probably is one at my house, except that I live on a Gustav, so I haven't been to my house in years."
"That brings up something very interesting." Louise pointed out, "When we finally get back to the town, shouldn't we buy a carrier that's designed to carry more than two Zoids?"
"It also brings up the fact that none of us have gone home in years, and that for the most part we have to sleep in the cockpits of our Zoids, because a Gustav isn't designed to carry six people." Darren said.
"That may explain why everyone on this team is so mental." John realised, "Well, except for me. But that's because the cockpit of a Parablade is so small that not even insanity can enter."
"Shouldn't we be trying to find a phone by now?" Claire asked, "It's better than trying to hide a Chimera Dragon in the spare tire compartment of a Gustav. Even though Gustavs probably don't have tires."
"I've been too irritated by everyone else to find out." John said, "Although, the trailers have wheels, so that's probably the reason for a spare tire compartment… why do we have a Chimera Dragon?"
"One reason would be because it has… well, it has something… why does anyone need anything?" Colin asked, frustrated "It doesn't matter. We just have a Chimera Dragon. There doesn't have to be an explanation."
"Anyway, the person who normal lives here probably took the phone outside and dropped it and now it's covered by snow." Louise reasoned, "We all know that that would be the most inconvenient thing, so it's probably what happened."
Outside the building-
The Metalrhimos had walked some distance from the building, and now it was so far away, that actually seeing it was almost impossible. Ron started to think this was a bad idea.
"I haven't found anything yet." Ron reported through the communications systems, "I don't know why someone would take their phone out here, but regardless, I haven't found it."
"Hopefully you'll find something before you suffocate to death." John replied through the radio systems, "Wait a minute… why doesn't anyone ever suffocate to death in a Zoid cockpit?"
"Maybe air enters the cockpit somehow." Ron suggested, "Yes, that seems like a good idea… maybe the cockpit is ventilated somehow. At least, it gets enough holes put in it from crashing into things."
"But not all Zoids have holes in their cockpits, because they don't all crash into things all the time." Louise said through the radio. Louise was currently using the Fire Fox to find the phone.
"Wait, if there's ventilation, shouldn't there be some snow getting through?" Colin suddenly asked, "Because if there is, then there's probably snow in every Zoid cockpit."
"Well, I haven't seen any snow in this Zoid's cockpit." Ron said, "Except for the snow that entered through the holes in the cockpit. There's still no sign of the phone. It could be anywhere, even under a bed."
"Now that I think about it, it probably is under a bed." Claire realised, "I don't know for certain, but maybe there's a phone under the bed and this search was a waste of time."
"That's not very reassuring." Ron replied. Suddenly, he was shaken as something slammed into the rear of the Metalrhimos. The Metalrhimos was unmoved, but Ron heard something else get squashed.
"That's the last time I charge at a Zoid much larger than mine." The pilot of an Ice Blazer said, as his Zoid slowly backed away, struggling to remain, as its legs were now half as wide as they were supposed to be.
"Maybe I should go home now. But it takes at least five minutes to get there." The Ice Blazer pilot said to himself, as his Ice Blazer turned and slowly began to walk away from the battlefield.
'This is strange… one person is piloting an Ice Blazer, while another is piloting a Zeek Dober. The Ice Blazer makes sense, but why would someone bring a Zeek Dober here?' Ron thought.
Suddenly, the Zeek Dober began to fire on the Metalrhimos. Ron was surprised, but he attempted to return fire. To his surprise, none of his shots actually hit the Zeek Dober.
"Does anyone know if wind and snow can cause missiles to miss their target?" Ron asked into the radio. The Zeek Dober fired several more times, rocking the Metalrhimos severely.
As the Zeek Dober got closer, the Metalrhimos turned and attempted to impale the Zeek Dober with its horn. The Zeek Dober turned to one side to avoid the horn and continued firing.
The crash site of the carriers-
The Gildragon was flying back towards the carriers. It was also trying to hold onto the Snipe Liger, which everyone could see was severely damaged. There was no sign of the Killer Dome.
"I found Cheryl and her Zoid at the bottom of the mountain." Nick reported through his radio, "I haven't seen any sign of any other Zoids, though, and I don't think she accidentally made the Snipe Liger fall off the mountain."
"Maybe the Snipe Liger ran into the side of the mountain." Deirdre suggested, "Not many Ligers attempt to run into things, but there must be some, so that Snipe Liger must be one!"
"Not many of anything attempt to run into things." James pointed out, "If they were going to run into something, they would probably run into something that wouldn't leave them crippled."
The Gildragon arrived at the crash site. It almost landed, but instead it released the Snipe Liger. Then it landed next to the Snipe Liger and Nick climbed out of the cockpit.
"Not many things I've seen are capable of knocking Snipe Ligers off mountains." Jake said, "Well, to be honest, I haven't seen many Snipe Ligers standing on mountains."
"Until Cheryl regains consciousness, we won't have any idea what's actually happened." James realised, "Well, at least we can avoid thinking of weird things that could have happened."
"This time, it's probably better if we don't think about the possibilities." Deirdre agreed, "The problem now is that nobody's reported anything. We don't know if anyone's found civilisation yet."
"This is a huge desert." Nick pointed out, "We have no idea how big it is. But then again, I guess we've never had a reason to think about that. Maybe nobody's been able to reach civilisation yet."
"Maybe it's because the Zoids on the ground are holding back the Zoids that can fly." Deirdre suggested, "If we'd only sent the flying Zoids, maybe we wouldn't have to wait for so long."
"But all the flying Zoids usually fly close to the ground. Or maybe that's just because they want everyone to know they're travelling around with several Zoids that can't fly." James stated.
Unknown to the Crusade Team, a large amount of Bio-Zoids was starting to walk towards them. For the last several minutes, the army had been getting gradually larger until it reached its current size.
Elsewhere in the desert-
The Gun Blaster was walking back in the direction it had originally come from. The miniature Geno Saurer was standing on top of the Gun Blaster. The Gun Blaster stopped when it reached a pile of rocks.
The tail of the Gojulas Giga was clearly visible extending from the rocks. The Gun Blaster began to kick rocks away until the Gojulas Giga was no longer buried. The Gojulas slowly began to stand.
A strange city, somewhere-
The Zoids of the Artillery Team had been hidden behind a building, which the Artillery Team themselves had entered. There had been no sign of the giant army of Zoids.
"This is stupid." Mark said, "We're supposed to be finding someone who can contact the emergency services and inform them of the crashed carriers. But there's many, many people outside."
"Yes, but they want to kill us for some reason… some reason we know nothing about." Claire stated, "We can't going outside now, or they will try to kill us. We can't fight all of them anyway."
"We could try to." Matt suggested, "Or at least, we could try running from them. There have to be some sane people somewhere in this city, and I'll find them regardless of what colour the sky is."
"Is this a new version of 'whatever the weather'?" Mike asked, "We really don't need anymore versions of that phrase. Anyway, for all we know, everyone here could be insane."
"Everyone could be insane, but they also might not be." Matt realised, "Because of that, our only chance is to find someone and just assume they're not insane, no matter what the consequences are."
"I think you've lost it." Mark said, "But then again, that would require you to have had sanity before. Now, there has to be some way to escape from this city and its army of crazy people."
"There has to be." Claire agreed, "But since they have so many Zoids, would they really notice if they suddenly had four more Zoids that they're supposed to have? Maybe we don't need to fight them."
"Yes, but all of their Zoids are somehow kept clean at all times." Mike stated, "Their Zoids are even more devoid of any kind of hint they've ever seen action than most Zoids that have just come into existence."
"There's something very strange about that." Claire replied, "But that's true. They would notice our Zoids were different from theirs. But couldn't we just leave the city without running into them?"
"For an army, they really aren't that great of thinking of tactics." Mark realised, "Their entire plan seems to be a huge group of Zoids running around the city in search of us."
"That has to be the worst plan ever thought of." Mike said, "I'm not sure if I understand everything about the situation. But since they're always in the same place, we shouldn't have a problem leaving."
"It shouldn't be that hard to get past them." Mark agreed, "They were just standing there when we found them, so maybe if we leave, they won't follow us out of this city."
"They could be completely incapable of following us." Matt realised, "However, we still have to find a phone that works. But in order to find one, someone will have to go outside."
"Going outside right now seems like a bad idea." Mike said, "We don't even know where that army of Zoids is right now, but they could easily be nearby, and if they are, we could be killed."
"But that doesn't change the situation." Matt said, "We still have to find something we can use to contact people, and we still have to get out of this city before things get worse."
"That is the situation." Claire agreed, "But we can't leave this place until we know where this army of Zoids is. We could leave this place, but the result would probably be our deaths."
"I'm tired of sitting here talking about how we're doomed." Matt said, "Maybe we are doomed, but at least I'm going to go outside and try to find something… preferably something useful. But something useless is also acceptable."
"Something useless may be 'acceptable', but it's not going to save us now." Mark replied, "Actually, I think Matt has the right idea. We should find a way to contact people and leave."
"Anyway, even if we are going to die here with no hope of survival, I should leave here alone." Matt suggested, "At least if I die horribly, nobody else will die unless they get killed by something else."
Matt ran out of the building and ran into another building. There was no sign of any of the Zoids that were supposedly searching for the Artillery Team, and Matt found a phone surprisingly fast.
'Maybe the people piloting those Zoids got bored and left.' Matt thought. Suddenly, he turned towards a window, where he saw several Zoids standing outside, remaining motionless.
Immediately, Matt realised that the Zoids were no longer trying to find them. At first he thought the pilots could have left the cockpits, but then he felt something colliding with his neck.
A forest-
The Elephander collapsed as very large Komodo dragons continued climbing on it, mostly attempting to reach the cockpit. Suddenly, the cockpit opened and Greg decided to jump onto the Bear Fighter.
Greg almost missed the Bear Fighter, but he grabbed its tail. However, there were more Komodo dragons climbing around on the Bear Fighter. One of them bit Greg's shoulder and attempted to tear his arm off.
The Salamander began to fire missiles at the Bear Fighter, Liger Zero and Konig Wolf. They were shaken by the blasts, but the explosions proved crucial, as many Komodo dragons were knocked off the Zoids.
"This may be a stupid suggestion, but there's probably some kind of abandoned wooden building nearby." Zack suggested, "It probably resembles a shed, only it's slightly bigger."
"Why would there be a place like that?" Greg demanded. Then he realised that nobody would answer him, because he was nowhere near a radio system. Somehow he had been able to keep holding onto the Bear Fighter's tail.
"Well, whenever anyone gets attacked in a forest, they always seem to be able to hide in a wooden building. Usually because it's in a movie and they need a way to make the movie longer." Zack replied.
"For some reason, these things have stopped attacking us now." Fred realised, "So maybe we should try to find a wooden building. Or better yet, we could leave this forest."
Another part of the forest, several minutes later-
The remaining Phoenix Team Zoids and Greg reached a small, wooden building, exactly as Zack had predicted. Zack began to worry that people would think he had been reading a script.
"Well, we've found the building of endless plot devices." Zack informed everyone, "Now that we've found it, we can wait until those things return and try to kill us again."
"Someone's written 'REDRUM' on the side of this building." Fred announced, "Well, we all know that couldn't possibly be 'murder' spelt backwards, could it? Anyway, this building has to be safe."
"Either it's safe, or there's a safe in it." Greg said, "And if there's a safe in it, then someone's probably already taken everything out of that safe. What's strange is that the Fire Phoenix hasn't returned yet."
Greg fell to the ground. The remaining members of the Phoenix Team ran to him, but he wasn't responding to anything, not even when his team-mates began to kick him around.
"I think he's unconscious, or at least exceptionally stupid." Fred reported, "Either way, kicking him around probably didn't help him at all. Now our main problem is that we don't have a key for the door."
"Yes, but this is an abandoned wooden building that happens to be in extremely bad condition." Zack announced, as he opened the door. The Phoenix Team heard something hitting the ground.
Inside the building-
The Phoenix Team entered the building, and immediately Zack noticed a lock lying on the door. This lock was the thing that had broken off when he opened the door. Zack closed the door but it opened again.
"The people around here should start using locks that are actually part of the doors, instead of locks that are just bolted onto the doors. Then people would stop running into their homes." Fred stated.
"But this building, and probably other buildings in the area, are in such bad condition that anyone could run through one of the walls and it would fall apart." Zack replied, while closing the door again. The door flew open and slammed into Fred's face. Fred collapsed on top of Greg. Fred was unharmed and managed to stand, and it was impossible to tell if Greg had been harmed because once again he didn't react at all.
"We really need to find a way to attach this lock to the door again." Zack realised, "But at least those things that attacked us can't possibly know that we're hiding in a crappy wooden house."
"I found something that could help us find out if Greg is still alive!" Fred shouted, as he pulled a crash cart into everyone's sight. Fred attempted to shock Greg with the crash cart and at first he got no response. Suddenly, Greg began to vanish from sight entirely.
"That's stupid. It's almost like when someone 'censors' a movie or TV programme to the extent that the bodies of dead people can't even be seen lying around." Zack said, before realising, 2It's also what someone could see if they were beyond insane."