Here we are at Chapter 39. Time for the final part of the final battle as Sarah and her friends face off against Kaiser and his trump card, the Gilvader. I do not own Zoids. They belong to their respective owners. I only own my OCs. Here's chapter 39. Enjoy.


Chapter 39: The Ultimate Duo

The Gilvader roars as it takes to the skies, shocking all within its presence.

"They actually had a Gilvader up their sleeves. Where did they even find that thing?" Grace mutters with fear.

"You've gotta be kidding me," Colt mutters.

Sarah grips her controls tightly, "There's only one person that could be in that thing," she says.

The comms come on again, "Hahahaha, behold the instrument that will return the world to its true state. No more will you wither away in an era of false peace. The zoid that will save you all!" Kaiser yells, revealing himself to be in the Gilvader's cockpit.

"Kaiser!" Sarah curses.

"You lot have interfered with my plans for too long. Once I've destroyed you, I'll tear down the ZBC and then no one will be able to stop me!" Kaiser says.

"Not if I can help it. Let's go Geno!" Sarah shouts.

The Geno Storm-Blade roars and fires off its laser cannons at the flying zoid. However, they seem to have little effect on the Gilvader. The Gilvader roars and fires off its large laser cannons. The shots hit the ground and unleash a flurry of laser beams that explode and rip through everything in sight. The Geno Storm-Blade engages its energy shields to protect it, while the others half to evade the onslaught. The Whale Kings still in the air fire off their cannons, but the Gilvader evades them and then fires off its beam smashers; the attack shredding through two more Whale Kings.

"We can't keep this up. If we find a way to stop that thing, it'll destroy everything!" the Chief calls out.

"Everyone, fire on that zoid!" Colt shouts.

All their allies turn their attention to the Gilvader and fire off their ranged weapons. Some shots hit, but they don't seem to do much damage. The Gilvader roars and turns its attention back to those on the ground. It fires off its laser cannons again, forcing everyone to scatter in order to evade the attack. However, the mere force of the blasts when they hit the ground is enough to send some of them flying back, barely surviving the shockwaves.

"That's it. Sky, let's clip this thing's wings," Pierce says.

"Roger," Sky replies.

Sky and Pierce fly behind the Gilvader in an attempt to take it out from behind. However, the Gilvader notices and swings its tail around, forcing them to evade the swing. However, the Gilvader fires off its beam smashers again, aiming at Sky and Pierce. Sky manages to evade his attack, but the attack aiming for Pierce manages to take out one of her wings.

"Ah! Crap, I'm bailing out!" Pierce says and ejects from the cockpit safely while her damaged zoid falls and crashes into the ground.

"Pierce! Xanders, go and pick up Pierce!" Stoller says.

"Yes sir!" Xanders says and immediately moves to go get her.

"Kaiser, I'm the one you want. Come down here and face me!" Sarah yells as her partner races across the desert floor. Geno fires off its laser guns again, doing something to get its attention.

"Your efforts are futile, Sarah Lockhart. You can't stop me now," Kaiser says.

"Don't you want me for your stupid Z-link system research?" Sarah asks.

"Originally, yes... But, I've collected enough data now. Your usefulness is no longer required," Kaiser says.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sarah demands.

"This... Engage Z-link system!" Kaiser exclaims.

Cables spring forth and connect to his head and body. The Gilvader's eyes glow and it roars to the skies. It flies down towards the ground and lands hard, sending up a shockwave of dust and sand. When the dust settles, the Gilvader fires off all of its ranged weapons indiscriminately, causing explosions all around. Sarah's allies take cover or evade the shots, but Colt's Bravejaguar takes a hit and it loses its left rear leg. The Bravejaguar falls onto the ground and its system freezes up.

"Ahh!" Colt yells.

"Colt!" Grace and Sarah yell.

"Hahahahaha, this is true power. It's better than I ever dreamed of! Nothing can stop me now!" Kaiser laughs maniacally.

"He's gone insane," Leon notes.

"We've gotta figure out that thing's weak point... If it even has a weak point," Naomi says.

"Come on, if we can hit it from as many angles as possible, we might be able to find something. Just keep blasting it!" Jack calls out.

The Lightning Team race around the Gilvader, using their backdraft combo to evade its shots and approach it from the right flank. They turn and fire their laser cannons at its right leg, aiming for the joints. However, the Gilvader moves, causing the shots to hit the leg itself instead and deal little damage. It swings its tail around again, hoping to hit them. It misses them barely, and they are forced to retreat. Sky comes in from up above and fires off his laser cannons at the Gilvader's back, but the attack might as well have just tickled the massive zoid. As he flies by, the Gilvader fires its beam smashers again. Sky barely avoids it with a spin around the attack.

"That thing is tough," Sky notes as he gets some distance between him and that monster.

"My turn," Leon says as his Blade Liger charges forth.

He engages its blades, avoiding the shots fired from the Gilvader. When he gets close to its left front leg, his blade actually manages to cut into the thick armor. Unfortunately, because the attack is so small on a large zoid, it doesn't affect it much.

"Leon, you think that worked?" Naomi calls out.

"Yeah, if I could do that a thousand more times with blades bigger and stronger than these. This isn't getting us anywhere. Unless we can find a weak spot, or aim for a section of the zoid that doesn't have a lot of armor on it, we're all gonna get taken out," Leon replies.

"Let me try something," Naomi says and aims her sniper cannon. She aims for the head of the Gilvader, under where the cockpit would be. "If we can separate the head from the body, that should be enough to take it down," she mutters.

However, the Gilvader notices her and fires off its laser cannons at her. Naomi gasps and moves, using the boosters on her Gun Sniper to dodge the shots just in time. The Gilvader roars into the air as it fires off its laser cannons again, this time taking out another one of the Whale Kings and damaging the lead Whale King.

"Chief, another hit like that and we won't stay airborne. We can't keep this up!" one soldier says.

"How can we defeat that monster?" the Chief mutters.

"Hahahahaha, do you see that, Zoid Battle Commission?! This is what a true battle is supposed to be like. No more will your sham of a battle competition be allowed to exist. I will bring zoid battles back to their former glory, and in doing so, will save this world from dying out. Hahahahaha!" Kaiser laughs like a madman.

"We can't let him win. Come on, Geno. I need you. Engage Z-link system!" Sarah calls out as she connects with her partner once more.

Geno's eyes glow bright as it roars and fires off its laser guns while flying around the Gilvader.

"You won't stop me, little girl," Kaiser replies.

The Gilvader turns its head around at the Geno Storm-Blade. It fires off its laser cannons again, intent on destroying it. The Geno Storm-Blade races around the incoming shots, intent on getting right up in the Gilvader's face. Geno's shots have little effect, but it manages to get close enough and then jumps into the air, using its thrusters to propel itself onto the side of the Gilvader's left front leg. It stabs its blades into the armor to keep it attached. The Gilvader roars and flaps its wings as it takes off back into the sky.

"Want to go for a ride, little girl? I'm more than happy to oblige," Kaiser says.

Geno does its best to hold on as the Gilvader flies high up into the skies. Once they've reached a decent height, the Gilvader starts spinning in circles in an attempt to shake Geno off.

"Geno, hang on!" Sarah yells as she can feel the G-forces against her body.

Geno clamps its feet and claws onto the Gilvader to try and stay on. However, the turbulence is too much and eventually, the Geno Storm-Blade falls off the Gilvader and starts plummeting to the ground. Sarah can see the ground coming up, and it's coming up fats.

"Ah, Geno, do something!" Sarah yells.

Geno roars as it engages its thrusters with enough power to slow its decent and lands safely on the ground. However, the respite is cut short when the Gilvader comes back and fires off its beam smashers again. The explosions rip around Geno; thr shockwaves sending it crashing onto the ground.

"Argh! Geno, are you alright?!" Sarah asks.

Geno just manages to stand back up, just as the Gilvader lands right in front of it. The Gilvader roars as it fires its ranged weapons in all directions again, causing Sarah's remaining allies to scatter in order to avoid the blasts, leaving her and Geno against the Gilvader alone.

"While I must admit, this has been rather entertaining. However, I do have things to do. So, our journey must end here, Sarah Lockhart," Kaiser declares.

The Gilvader readies its laser cannons again, all aimed at Sarah and Geno.

"Sarah!" Grace yells out.

Just before the Gilvader can fire, however, a sudden blast of energy flies in and rips through a few of the laser cannons, causing a few explosions to occur.

"Huh?" Sarah mutters confused.

"Who dares-What?!" Kaiser yells out.

The culprit turns out to be the damaged Gojulas Omega, barely standing on its own two feet after firing off its charged particle cannon at the Gilvader.

"Hunter," Sarah mutters in shock.

Inside the cockpit, Hunter breathes raggedly, "Leave... her... alone... Kaiser," Hunter barely gasps.

However, that last attack took out whatever energy the Gojulas Omega had left and it falls to the ground.

"You ungrateful little insect. You just don't know when to die don't you. Very well, if you are so adamant about it, then you can die first!" Kaiser yells as he prepares to kill Hunter.

"I won't let you!" Sarah yells as she stands between Hunter and Kaiser.

Kaiser prepares to fire his laser cannons again. However, something pops up on radar. Kaiser looks, just in time to see a line of thick, black smoke race by him and cascade over Sarah and Hunter, concealing them from him.

"What the Hell?!" Kaiser says, as the black smoke spreads all in front of him.

"Weasle unit total assault!" a female voice rings out before an onslaught of bullets and missiles hit all over the Gilvader, taking out a few more of its laser cannons.

"Argh! Who dares interfere?!" Kaiser shouts.

Up above, Sky notices something behind him, and looks just in time to see a green blur fly right by him.

"Is that..." Sky trails off.

The green blur flies down and shoots off at the back of the Gilvader, dealing a few more hits on it, even if they don't do much.

"What is going on here?" Sarah wonders.

"Hey, you handled yourself pretty well, kid. I'm impressed," a male voice calls out over the comms.

"Huh?" Sarah mutters as she looks around.

In the rear, Rickie notices another Hover Cargo drive by him, with its catapult opened up. The catapult charges up for a few moments before it launches something out of it.

"Buster Slash!" the male voice calls out.

"Wait... I've heard of that move before," Sarah mutters.

The fired object flies through the skies at high speeds and then rips right through the beam smashers on the Gilvader's wings. This causes explosion to occur through the wings of the Gilvader, leaving it grounded as it roars from the attack.

"No! Impossible! Who's doing this?!" Kaiser yells.

Sarah looks to see the flying object land and when the dust settles, her eyes widen in shock at what it is.

"Looks like we got here just in time. Sorry for the wait," the male voice calls out.

Sarah sees it as the one and only Liger Zero Schneider, with its pilot, Bit Cloud.

"...Bit Cloud," Sarah mutters in awe at meeting her idol.

"Sorry about stealing your spotlight, but we couldn't let you guys have all the fun," the face of Leena Toros appears on screen.

"Not to mention the sweet reward we'll get for taking the Nexus leader down. How could we resist?" Brad Hunter calls out in his Shadow Fox.

"Yeah, don't forget about the Wild Eagle here," Jamie calls out in his 'Wild Eagle' alter ego.

Sarah looks around and sees all the members of the legendary Blitz Team, the reason she became a zoid warrior, standing before her.

"About time you guys showed up," Leon says.

"Hey, we got here as fast as we could. How were we supposed to know the Nexus home base would be airborne and so far away?" Bit retorts.

"You would interfere with my goal of saving the world? You would prevent zoid battles being returned to their former glory?!" Kaiser screams as the Gilvader roars.

"Pipe down, will ya. We're busy here," Blitz says like it's no big deal. "So, kid, you ready to finish the thing off?" he asks Sarah.

Sarah has to take a moment to come to terms with the fact that the Blitz Team is here. That Bit Cloud is here, and he is willing to fight by her side.

"...You bet I am! Let's go, Geno!" Sarah calls out.

The Geno Storm-Blade roars and charges forth at the damaged Gilvader.

"Hey Doc, get the Panzer armor ready," Bit calls out as the Liger Zero Schnieder runs back to the Hover Cargo.

"Leena, let's give the newbies some backup," Brad says.

"I'm with ya there, Brad," Leena replies.

The Shadow Fox and Leena's Gun Sniper fire their weapons at the Gilvader. Motivated by their entrance, the rest of Sarah's allies regroup and fire their weapons at the Gilvader. Some of them combine their attacks and focus them on the laser cannons, taking them out and reducing the Gilvader's ability to fight back. The Geno Storm-Blade jumps onto the left front leg of the Gilvader and starts climbing it to reach the head.

"Argh! I won't be stopped by insects like you!" Kaiser shouts.

The Gilvader shakes Geno off, but it lands on its feet on the ground. By this point, Bit returns, with his Liger Zero Panzer ready to go.

"Alright, time for a big one. Let's go, partner," Bit says. The Liger Zero Panzer readies all of its ranged weapons, locking on to the Gilvader. "Burning Big Bang!" Bit shouts.

The Liger Zero Panzer fires all of its weapons, unleashing a swarm of missiles at the Gilvader. The missiles hit all over and due to the sheer force of such an assault over such a wide area, the Gilvader takes heavy damage from the assault. Inside his cockpit, Kaiser's Z-link system shuts down due to the damage.

"No, this can't be! All that time and effort. My dream of saving the world. How could it fall like this?!" Kaiser yells.

"You don't get it, Kaiser. No one wants this, no one but you. You talk about saving the world, but the world is already safe. You talk about bringing zoid battles back to their 'former glory', but those are the words of someone who enjoys killing people. We're not like you. The battles we fight; we fight with all of our heart and all of our strength. We don't use people like you do. Zoids are not tools to us; they're our partners and our best friends. This is our world, and we're not going to let you destroy it! Geno!" Sarah calls out.

The Geno Storm-Blade roars and focuses its four blades onto its charging blade, the tips of each forming together to a single point. It engages its thrusters and goes into overdrive. It suddenly shoots up into the sky, flying straight at the neck of the Gilvader.

"Storm Surge Strike!" Sarah yells.

The Geno Storm-Blade blasts right through the neck of the Gilvader, separating the head from the rest of the body. The head of the Gilvader falls onto the ground while the rest of the body slowly slumps and falls onto the ground, defeated. The Geno Storm-Blade lands on the ground and roars in victory. The rest of their allies cheer while their zoids roar in success. The battle was over, and Nexus has finally been defeated. From the cockpit of the destroyed Gilvader, Kaiser falls out after escaping it. He slowly gets onto his knees and looks up, just in time to see the Geno Storm-Blade land in front of him. Geno growls at him before opening its cockpit, allowing Sarah to step out and face Kaiser herself. She walks forth and stands in front of him.

"Go ahead. You've earned it. You want to save this world? Then do what must be done," Kaiser tempts her to kill him.

Sarah just stares at him for a long moment, "...No. I'm not like you. And I never will be," she says.

Kaiser grits his teeth, "Then you will always be weak," he retorts.

Sarah then punches him in the face, knocking him out, "Maybe... But, at least I'm still stronger than you will ever be," she says and walks away.

With the battle ended, the remaining allies regroup to recover and count the injured. ZBC soldiers come and take custody of Kaiser and any remaining members of Nexus that are still alive. Sarah regroups with her teammates, seeing Sky, Rickie, and Grace alright, while Colt just has a busted arm.

"Nice work, team," Sarah says.

Grace starts tearing up a little bit and jumps on Sarah in a big hug, "I was so worried about you! Don't you ever do something that reckless by yourself, you got it! We're a team alright!" Grace cries.

Sarah hugs her back, "I'm sorry for worrying you. All of you. And thank you all for coming to rescue me," she says.

"We're a team, Sarah. Where you go, we go," Colt says, while Rickie and Sky nod. "Though we can't take all the credit. Geno did most of the work," Colt says.

Sarah looks up at her partner, "Thanks Geno. I always knew I could count on you, partner," she says. Geno lowers its head down, so Sarah can pet its nose, getting a low purr from her partner. Just then, Sarah remembers something and gasps. "Hunter!" she says and runs to the remains of the Gojulas Omega. She runs to the cockpit and finds Hunter unconscious. "Hunter? Hunter!" she yells as she checks him out. The rest of her team follow her. "He needs help!" she says.

"Don't worry. ZBC will help him. I'll make sure of it," Colt says and takes out his zoid gear to call the chief.

A few minutes later, ZBC troops get the Gojulas Omega, with Hunter still inside it, into the remaining Whale King.

"We'll take care of things from here, Miss Lockhart. You have my word that we'll do everything in our power to save him," the Chief says.

"Thank you Chief, and I'm sorry for the trouble," Sarah says.

"My dear, you save the continent and quite possibly the world from a terrible fate. You and your friends. It's the least I could do. You have done well. Though it was at a heavy cost, this war is now over. Peace can once again flourish for everyone. And it's all thanks to you," the Chief says before he cuts off communications from the zoid gear.

Sarah smiles and looks back at her teammates, and all of the friends they've made along the way. Just then, the Blitz Team along with the Liger Zero in its normal armor approach her team.

"Well, that sure was exciting," Bit notes.

Sarah walks up to him, "Thanks for helping when you did... Yeah, um, I-uh-I... I always wanted to meet you... Bit Cloud... You see... You were the reason I became a zoid warrior," she confesses.

"I've been watching your matches. All of them. You sure got some skills, kid. You have a pretty cool partner too," Bit says.

Sarah smiles, "Yes... He's the best partner I could ever ask for," she says.

The Liger Zero and the Geno Storm-Blade stare at each other, almost like they're sizing each other up. A moment later, the pair bow their heads to one another as a sign of respect, making their partners smile even more.

"Well, then how about one day, you and I have a battle, Sarah Lockhart?" Bit offers, holding out his hand.

Sarah looks between his hand and him before she gets another bit smile, "You can count on it, Bit Cloud," she says, shaking his hand.

Their partners roar into the skies, a sign of incredible times to come, now that the war is finally over, and a that promise has been made.


And that's the chapter. The war with Nexus finally comes to an end, and peace reigns once more. Sarah finally meets Bit Cloud and the Blitz Team, and even manages to free Hunter Krato from Kaiser's grasp. Don't worry, there's still one chapter left for this story before it ends. Now that the war is over, what awaits Sarah and her friends in the future? Until then, please Read and Review.