Ch. 12

Wolf flew down the halls faster than he had ever run before, he arrived at his quarters and as he opened the door he slowed down long enough to catch his breath. He went through the place, picking up only small things, including two wedding bands that had his and Clare's names engraved in them. He also picked up Daniel's dog tag; the other Samantha wore with his Guardian Force medallion. When he had everything he thought he would need, he locked the door and ran back out the way he came.

"Where did you get off to?" Van asked as Wolf entered the hanger of the Ultrasaurus.

"Just went to get these," the blue eyed man replied pulling the rings out of his pocket after making sure Clare wasn't around.

"Wow, so these are the final product huh?" Van asked as he looked at them.

"Yeah, the only thing left is to set the date so I can get that engraved in there too," Wolf said stowing them back in his pocket.

"We should get up to the command deck," Van said turning towards the elevators. When they arrived they found the whole team plus wives standing there.

"Wolf, I understand you have two new Organoids on your team, congratulations…" Herman stopped when he saw Wolf's hand go up.

"The Organoids will go to those they choose, I will only be responsible for them until that time comes, Sir," Wolf stated in a cold tone.

"Well if I understand this properly they are the other two of the four Organoid team that can fuse to one Zoid and I also understand that they have chosen your Konig Wolf for this," Schubaltz said calmly. This earned Van a very intense glare from Wolf.

"Van a word," Wolf said anger evident in his voice. Two people walked into the hallway behind the control room.

"Van, why did you tell them about the Mystic and Aurora?" Wolf said facing away from the other person in the hall.

"He didn't, I did," Clare's voice came through the hall.

"What, I asked that this not be reported," Wolf shouted in a disbelieving tone.

"I told them because they needed to know what kind of advantage they could have with you and those Organoids, if I hadn't told them every simulation they came up with would end with this team loosing, we really don't want to do that against a loony like Vailen," Clare said trying to remain calm.

"Clare you should have told me then I wouldn't have looked like an idiot back there," Wolf said with largely faked anger to hide his truly feeling nothing towards the situation.

"Wolf, if I had warned you, you would have backed out of having the Organoids help, we need them and you damn well know it," Clare shouted back.

"Do you honestly think I can't handle this thing on my own skill, with help from just Blaze?" Wolf asked in a quieter tone.

"No, I don't think you can," Clare said looking to the floor before continuing, "Wolf you can't do this alone, you need a team to help you just like last time, and I want to be on that team to help you."

After the Death tiger was reported on the move Wolf and Clare headed to the hanger, Clare took her place in the pilot's seat of the Konig and started the diagnostics.

"Start it up, and walk it around a bit and tell me how it feels," Wolf said as he got ready to close the cockpit over Clare.

"Hey wait a sec, what about this thing choosing its pilot," Clare said slightly panicked.

"Oh, don't worry with as much as you've helped with the maintenance she actually likes you, so you've got nothing to worry about," Wolf said with a slight grin before closing the canopy.

"Do as she says and don't hurt her or I'll tear you apart, four Organoid Zoid or no," Wolf whispered in the Konig's ear as it began warming up. The Konig began to prance around the hanger and then went into a high step trot around the hanger causing anyone who saw it, Wolf included, to start laughing hysterically.

When everyone heard Wolf's laughter outside the Zoid, they all watched it much more carefully than before.

"Wolf, it feels fine, you shouldn't have to do anymore," Clare's voice rang through the speakers of the Zoid; everyone Raven included hit the floor in disbelief.

"What happened to the Zoid that chooses its pilot?" Reese asked as she helped Raven off the floor.

"He probably threatened it into letting her pilot, that or the Konig likes her for helping Wolf with the maintenance, or both," Raven said cheekily. He saw Clare fall from the cockpit straight into Wolf's arms.

"A gift from above," Raven shouted across the hanger, causing a fit of laughter from those who saw it.

"A well appreciated one," Wolf yelled back, before the whole hanger watched Clare kiss him something good.

"Get a room," one of the other soldiers shouted, causing another fit of laughter as they just kept going.

Reese, Clare, Moonbay and Fiona could only watch as their husbands stood against a foe that no one ever thought they would see again. Moonbay stayed at the controls of the Ultrasaurus getting everything ready.

"Mrs. Flyheight, will you take lock on control for the Gravity cannon, Lieutenant O'Connell, you take generator control," Karl said as he left, after making sure they followed him.

"Ladies, the boys will be just fine, they've done this before after all," Karl said noticing the worried looks on their faces as they entered the firing room of the gravity cannon.

"We've got a lock on the target, he's pinned down," Moonbay said from the control chair as she watched the fire fight in front of her.

"FIRE!" Herman screamed into the handset. Karl pulled the trigger and watched the shell fly through the scope.

Reese was in the hanger getting ready to go out when she saw the three Organoids change into their energy form and leave the Ultrasaurus

"Moonbay, I think Wolf called the Organoids they just left," Reese said into her radio.

"I know, I just saw three streaks of light fly out, get up here, you'll wanna see this," Moonbay replied sounding a little more excited.

Reese was already on her way back to the command deck, when she arrived she saw the gravity well dissipating and a new Zoid standing on the field.

"Moonbay what is that?" Reese asked pointing to the new Zoid.

"Apparently they called it the Supersonic Wolf," Moonbay replied sounding amazed.

They all watched as it ran circles around the Death Tiger, and were impressed with Wolf's apparent ability to handle it with ease.

"Hey the shield is down and the Gravity Cannon is loaded, get out of there now," Herman screamed through their radios.

"Alright we're moving out," Van and Irvine said as Thomas and Raven covered their escape.

"Wolf, come on man, that thing can't survive a gravity cannon blast." Irvine yelled as he got to safety.

"You're right, but it can out run it pretty easy, the Organoids will warn me when to go, till then I'm just keeping him from moving," Wolf said jumping on the Death Tiger's back and taking out the Charged Particle Converter with the electron strike claws.

"FIRE!" Herman screamed again as Schubaltz once again pulled the trigger to the Gravity Cannon.

*Wolf get out now, shell will hit in ten seconds,* Mystic said.

"Gone baby," Wolf said as he punched the controls to wide open, pinning him to his seat again.

*You'll need the boosters,* Aurora said.

"Activate them Blaze," Wolf said as he got used to the speed again.

The boosters activated sending the Zoid well beyond the speed of sound once again earning the nickname Supersonic Wolf. The four Organoids wrapped around the core seemed to be having absolutely no trouble with keeping this amount of power coursing through the Konig Wolf for such a long time. 'These four really were meant to be a team, this thing is almost perfect,' Wolf thought as they flew towards their friends.

*What is wrong with this Zoid?* Aurora asked sounding slightly offended.

"Just seems to want to pull left is all," Wolf said, two seconds later the pull he felt was no longer there. "Perfect," he muttered with a smirk as they arrived back at the cliffs, the gravity well stopping right behind them.

The team arrived back in the hanger after a hard fought battle, everyone gathered in the hanger of the Ultrasaurus as the Supersonic Wolf came in. The goggles seemed to form fit the head, and the shoulders appeared more rounded and seem longer across the tops and there were fins on them, the rifles seemed to drop into the body but the barrels are still showing just above the head.

"Okay who wants the short and sweet and who wants the long and detailed, because you guys will have to wait till I'm more awake," Wolf said sarcastically.

"Gives us all the short and sweet of it then," Schubaltz said entering the hanger with Colonel Herman. The whole group turned and saluted, Wolf just stood there in the cockpit.

"Well the short and sweet is, this is the fastest land Zoid out there, the fins on the side are meant to add down force to the legs, added with the fold down flaps I added a few years ago, it punches a little harder, the form fitted goggles are again for aerodynamic purposes as are the lowered rifles which you'll notice are locked in the unfolded positions, the booster modifications made a few years ago along with the reinforced joints make it possible for the this Konig Wolf to break the 760 mile per hour mark and top out at 780 miles per hour on the ground." Wolf paused to take in the shocked faces.

"That is one HELL of a ride," the black haired man said as he jumped into a sea of laughing soldiers. Once Wolf and the others were free, Wolf ordered his Organoids to disengage and rest, and they all reported to the command deck as ordered.

"Captain I want you to report to the medical bay for a checking over, you may have messed yourself up with all that speed," Herman ordered.

"Yes Sir," Wolf said with a salute before turning and leaving with Clare practically holding him up, he was finally coming off the adrenaline high that his experience induced.

Twenty minutes and a check up later that turned up negative for anything bad, Wolf and Clare got to their quarters, ones that neither of them had seen in the five days they had been on board the Ultrasaurus

"Wolf, I want you to know Daniel would be proud of you, defeating the same enemy twice and living to tell about it and all," Clare said while getting ready for bed in the small bathroom the quarters came with.

"Well, I'm here, I won't say I'm living though," Wolf said as he lay down on the bed as he waited for his wife to be.

"You better be living we still have to get married," Clare said looking at the engagement ring that had replaced the platinum one Wolf had originally given her, she exited the bathroom still looking at the ring. She looked up and saw a sleeping Wolf lying on the bed.

"Man he really was tired," Clare whispered to no one at all. She climbed into the bed and fell asleep using his chest as a pillow.

Wolf slept for almost the entire three day trip back to the base, he woke up to eat and use the bathroom and that was about it. Clare made sure he stayed alive and fed. Van and Fiona spent the time taking care of Daniel and the Zoids with Raven and Reese's help. Moonbay spent the day light hours at the controls and helping with the Zoids. Irvine spent his time doing what he wanted.

When they arrived back at the base the Ultrasaurus was once again put in storage and all the borrowed Zoids including Moonbay's Konig were returned to their respective bases. Wolf was finally recovered from the exhaustion; Van and Fiona were able to sleep for a while, while Raven and Reese cared for Daniel. Herman and Schubaltz continued their duties as commanding officers of the Guardian Force.

After a few days on base the Supersonic Wolf went through every variation of the obstacle course the base had to offer, landing top scores on every one of them.

"Wolf now would be the time for that long and detailed briefing," Colonel Schubaltz said as they gathered in one of the briefing rooms.

In attendance for this briefing were Van, Irvine, Moonbay, Fiona, Clare, Raven and Reese along with the two colonels, all the Organoids and Dr. D.

"Ask away, what I can't answer, I'm sure the four of them can," Wolf said gesturing to his Organoids.

"Okay I want to know the full extent of the internal changes to the Konig," Herman said as he placed his elbows on the table.

"Well the internal mechanics don't change much, the cockpit itself under goes a rather large change, two sight scopes that act as the main view screen directly in front of your eyes, being the biggest change," Wolf replied as if he'd been rehearsing, "The seat reclines to brace against the speed of it as well."

"What about sensors," Schubaltz asked.

*The sensors of the entire Zoid are brought to full clarity, it's like looking straight at something without the glass in front of you,* Mystic replied before Wolf had the chance.

"How can a Zoid like that handle the stress of that much speed," Raven asked from his place in the corner of the room behind his wife.

*Along with all the modifications Wolf made, my job is to make sure it all remains stable, I also reinforce the metals of the armor making them thicker in heavy fire zones, or lighter when going for all out speed,* Tyrant replied before laying down on the floor.

"Alright what about all those physical changes, why no color changes?" Clare asked from the corner she was standing in.

*The drag fins, goggles and guns are the changes I bring about, along with the changes in the cockpit, Blaze controls the actual color of the Zoid,* Aurora answered sounding slightly peeved by that fact.

"I think that actually covers everything but the actual speed factor, and that's Blaze's territory," Wolf stated with a slight chuckle.

*By myself I can't achieve that amount of speed, alone I can only power it to three percent above the normal top speed, not much compared to the four of us combined,* Blaze said scratching his chin with his claw.

"I have one more question," Reese interrupted as the others began to leave, "Could this work with any Organoid, say the other four we have here."

Polaris, Zeke, Shadow, and Specular all looked to their masters, then to the other Organoids around them.

*No, if the four of them even attempted this they would destroy not only themselves, but the Zoid, whoever is piloting it and pretty much everything in ten miles of the Zoid, even if it was the Konig that Wolf pilots, we were created to work as a team in one Zoid, they weren't,* Aurora answered before following Wolf and the other Organoids out of the room.