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Liger 0 Nightmare vs. Liger 0: Test of Strength Pt. 2


Kallie stood next to Doc Tauros and staring at the main view screen watching Gary making a fool out of Bit. Then without thinking she said, "He's not even trying."

"What do you mean, Kallie?" asked Leena, with a funny look on her face.

She looked at Leena in shock but continued, "I mean that he's not even using Nightmare's or his own full potential. He knows that he's not using it."

Doc looked at her this time and asked, "You mean he's toying with Bit?"

Kallie looked at him and just nodded her head yes. All three of them looked at the screen in horror as they watched Bit and Liger 0 return to the hanger.

"Liger 0 secured on the maintenance deck," said Jamie as he started to quickly enter in commands. After a few minutes he said, "CAS complete."

"Go, 0 Panzar!" they heard Bit yell.

All three watched as they returned to where Gary and Nightmare was waiting.

"Okay Doc," came Gary's voice over the comm., "Ready to begin. And Doc, set mine at the range of 800 miles and on."

Doc reached over and pressed a button and asked, "You sure?"

"Positive," said Gary calmly.

Doc then looked a Kallie and she nodded her head, then he looked at Jamie and said, "You heard him."

. . .

Gary watched as Bit took out almost all of his targets but the last one, which was about 750 miles away. Then he noticed that his targets were starting to rise and heard Bit say with a laugh, "You'll never be able to do it. Panzar here on Liger has the best long range firing distance in any weapon."

Just ignoring him, Gary grabbed the joysticks and moved the twin hybrid cannons at the first target. Then he activated the targeting controls and programmed in the range and coordinates of the targets. 'Six targets, no sweat,' he thought as he began to fire the cannons and the screen filled with a bright white light. When the light cleared he looked to see how many he had taken out. He smiled when he saw all six destroyed. His smile broadened and he laughed when he heard the shock in Bit's voice, "What?!"

. . .

Kallie watched as both Doc Tauros and Leena looked in shock at the main screen, trying to hold back from laughing hysterically. Then she noticed that Jamie to was looking in shock at the screen and she broke out laughing.

All three of them looked at her funnily.

"Sorry," she said in between laughs, "But I told you he wasn't using his and Nightmare's full potential." She stopped laughing when she heard Gary's voice.

"Hey, Bit, Should we move on to the mock battle now?"

"Yeah!" came Bit's reply.

All five of them looked at the main screen in shock to see Liger 0 take position opposite of Nightmare. Then Doc said, "Gary. Bit. Return to base. I'm not taking a chance of either of you getting hurt. Especially you, Bit."

"Ok, I'm returning to base," came Gary's reply.

They all sighed in relief when they saw Nightmare coming back towards the hanger and base.

. . .

Gary sighed as he headed Nightmare back towards the base and hanger. He was looking forward to wiping the arrogant smile off of Bit's face, but he knew that the Doc now knew that Nightmare was far stronger than Liger 0 was. As he was nearing the hanger the alarms in the cockpit were going off and he heard Bit's voice.

"Your not getting out of it that easily."

Smiling he activated the particle energy field and laughed at the surprise in Bit's voice.

"What?! You have an energy shield?"

Not answering he grabbed the control stick of the Panzar unit's twin hybrid cannons and moved them so that they were point backwards at Liger 0.

"You know you can't fire that at me with the shield activated," came Bit's voice.

"That's where your wrong," he returned as he pressed the fire control button and fired two laser beams, both just barely scraping both sides of Liger 0, but with enough effect to nock it down. His smile broadened when he heard Bit yell, "Damn! Computer Freeze!"

"As you can tell, Bit, Nightmare is not like Liger 0 and the other Ultimate Xs and Zoids," said Gary as he continued Nightmare towards the hanger, "Be thankful that it was a small attack I did and only minor damage." Not wanting to hear Bit's next response, he cut transmission as he entered the hangar. Once inside, he climbed down out of the cockpit and headed towards the door and the main control room of the base. As he left the hanger he just managed to hear the truck bringing back in Liger O and an angry Bit Cloud. Not wanting to get in a fight he continued through the door and down the hall. When he reached the control room he was greeted by an excited Kallie, who flung her arms around him and he kissed her lightly on the lips. Then walking the both of them towards the main base's computer he quickly punched in a few commands and info appeared on the screen.

"This is the all the data and info on All of the Ultimate Xs," he said before he was interrupted by the sound of a slamming door.

"That was a cheap shot, Gary!" yelled Bit.

"No," said Gary as he turned around and faced him, "What you did was a cheap shot, and in an official Zoid battle if you did that after it was called over by a Judge, you would caused disgrace and the banishing of your team. So what I did was perfectly in all, right and legal, because I was protecting myself," he paused to take a breath then continued, "And piloting like that you're never going to bring out Liger 0's full potential."

"Yeah and like you have with Nightmare?" asked Bit sarcastically.

"Yes I have," returned Gary, "What I was doing out there on the testing grounds was toying with you, Bit. If Nightmare or I wanted to, we could have cleared each course a lot faster and more accurate then you or the Liger 0 could. And that's a fact."

Bit just stared back at Gary in shock, then at the Doc.

"He's telling the truth, Bit. From the data we've gathered he could of easily done what he claims to be able to do," said Doc, "Now Gary before you were interrupted, you were saying?"

"As I was saying that not only is this all the data on the history, it is also all of the data on the strengths and weakness of each and every individual Ultimate X, too," said Gary, as he turned back to the computer and brought up data and info on the Liger 0 and Nightmare at the same time.

"Here is both the data and info on the Liger 0 and Nightmare," he said as he turned around to face Bit again. "Why don't you read the data on Liger for us, Bit."

Bit stared at the screen for a few minutes, then started to read it.

"Name: Liger 0. Type: Lion. Zoid Class: Ultimate X. Pilot: Bit Cloud. Status: Active only 5 months. Battle Class: S. Armor: Titanium. Armor Components: 3 Separate units: Jagar: Specialty: Speed, Schneider: Specialty: Close range combat, Panzar: Specialty Long range combat. Strength: Strongest of the two original Ultimate X known to have been created. Regular Speed: about 300 kph. Jagar Speed: 750 kph. Weakness: Single Armor Components, Panzer overheats after second or third shot, and a control module on the lower back. Defenses: Speed, and Titanium armor. Weapons: 6: Regular: 1: Claws: Laser Strike Claw. Special: 5: Armor: 3: Jagar: Sonic Boom, Schneider: Buster Slash, Seven-Blade attack, Panzer: Twin Hybrid Cannons. Other Components: 2: Chest: Assault Cannon, Tail: Mini Laser Cannon."

Bit looked at Gary in shock.

"Now I'll read the data on Nightmare and after that you can tell us who would have won the actual battle. Name: Liger 0 Nightmare. Type: Lion. Class: Ultimate X. Pilot: Gary Lytle. Status: Activated 2 months. Battle Class: A. Armor: Special experimental alloy that allows the Zoid to repair itself after battles. Armor Components: 3 Linked all at once: Jagar, Schneider, and Panzar. Strength: Built stronger than Liger 0. Regular Speed: 450 kph. Jagar Speed: About 950 kph. Weakness: Panzar system has the tendency to overheat when overused (about foruth or fifth shot). Defenses: besides special alloy, particle energy force-shield. Weapons: 9: Regular: 1: Claws: Laser Strike Claw and Lightning Slash. Special: 8: Armor: Jagar modified: Shield Strike and Sonic Boom, Schneider: Buster Slash, Seven-Blade Attack, Panzar: Twin Hybrid Cannons. Other Components: 3: Missile Assault units, Chest: Assault Cannon, Tail: Mini Laser Cannon," pausing to take a breath Gary looked at Bit and saw the shock in his eyes, "You losing would be the outcome of everyone of our matches. Not only is Nightmare programmed with Liger 0's moves and capabilities, he would allow me to know what you and Liger would do next."

Then Bit recovered and said, "Yeah right, even if you did beat me once Liger and me learn from our mistakes and remember what the opponent will do the next time we faced."

"Bit, even though that is so, you wouldn't be able to break through the Particle Energy Shield of Nightmare, with Schneider. And you forget, with Nightmare being an Ultimate X, he too learns and remembers what the opponent will do the next time we'd met," returned Gary, "And also, Nightmare doesn't have the draw back of having to switch armors, either, and I can use all three of them at once."

Bit stared at him in disbelief as he walked back over to Kallie, who was standing by the door.

Then taking Kallie back in one arm, Gary said as they walked out the door, "Now if you'll excuse us, we have to get some sleep so that we'll be well rested for our battle with the Fuegal Team tomorrow." And vanished.