The enemy post was buzzing with the news. Having bombarded a wall of nothingness, the appearance of actual targets was a relief. Megatron (Beast machines version), Nappa, Raditz, and Colonel Tuberoff consulted in a war room. Megatron was all about drone combat and the tactics used. He held overall command by mutual consent. The force was constructed of 1.Tank drones, 2. Cycle drones, 3. Mobile Taurus and Virgo dolls, 4. Foot soldiers, 5. Saibamen. Raditz and Nappa were free to roam the battleground and wreak havoc where they would. A council of war was held. Nappa was all for a frontal assault. Raditz hung back from talking. Tuberoff and Megatron both agreed that separating the four groups from each other was probably the best option and immediately went to their circuit boards. Buttons clicked as an army of mobile dolls swarmed into action. Megatron organized the drones and foot soldiers and sent them to their dirty work. They decided to form during the night and attack in the morning. A night assault was not preferable because of the limited abilities of the Saibamen in such conditions. And so Nappa, Raditz, and Tuberoff slept as Megatron monitored the front. Troops movements were moving quietly except the Saibamen who weren't being moved. They'd risk it in the morning; Megatron selected for them the weakest target- two girls, two men and a boy. The foot soldiers were placed carefully between Dinobot's group and the Gundams. Megatron had yet to recognize Dinobot.
Morning broke, the birds sang and the sun shone, but something was not right. Dinobot had sensed movement in the night and looked around. On his right was Quatre leaning against him with Trowa leaning against him. On his left was Gabumon and then Matt. Both were sound asleep. Dinobot could sense that something was amiss. Sure enough, lots of blue and purple men had surrounded his position. This last fact caused him to move which woke up everyone around him. Quatre and Trowa noticed they were cut off from their mobile suits.
Trowa looked at Quatre who then turned and asked Dinobot, "What are those things?"
"We'll soon find out," said Dinobot.
Matt and Gabumon noticed the Gundams, and said, "Should we not try to break through to the Gundams over there?"
Dinobot thought quickly, "Yes, but we must be attacked before we strike, it is not worthy to strike down a neutral party." Matt, against everyone else's wishes, tried to greet the closest soldier. The robot replied by attempting to karate chop him, a move cut short by Gabumon whose blue blaster came with such fury it vaporized the soldier.
Quatre asked, "Is this human?" The soldiers began a rush on their position. Dinobot reached the nearest and ripped his head off.
With connections trailing Dinobot said, "Is this a hint?" Two foot soldiers leapt at Quatre and Trowa and the two Gundam pilots kept busy with warding them off. Matt followed Dinobot, as he had no sure fire defense. Gabumon continued to use his Blue Blaster attack on any troops that attacked in his radius. Dinobot destroyed with hand, sword, and green eye blaster many troops.
"Err, die you mindless fools." Foot soldiers did not really stand a chance in the face of this assault. Unfortunately, the gap was widening in the wrong direction. Dinobot and Gabumon's combined assault was opening space away from the Gundams. Despite the advances made by Dinobot, Quatre and Trowa were barely holding their own.
Matt decided to do something about it, "Dinobot, the attack is moving us away from the mobile suits. We need to redirect." Dinobot understood. He was getting too far out anyway, his chances of being surrounded were rising. After slicing one with more with his sword, Dinobot fell back with Gabumon, both using long range attacks to ward them off. Matt moved to give what help he could to Quatre and Trowa. As Dinobot and Gabumon got back, Dinobot gave his best strategic advice.
"Look, in beast mode I can probably carry one passenger and still be able to make a knifing assault through to the suits, which of you comes with me?" Quatre and Trowa both knew that Heavy Arms' weaponry would easily hold off a menace like these simple foot soldiers.
Dinobot said, "Beast mode" and became the creature they first say him as seem to reappear from Dinobot. Matt and Quatre wished them both good luck.
As they left, Matt said, "I hope it's not a butter knife thrust.
Dinobot rambled through the waves of foot soldiers on either side, slashing and biting. Nothing that got too close escaped. The Gundams got nearer and nearer and Dinobot's attacks grew in ferocity. With 100 yards of the Heavy Arms Gundam Dinobot stopped and Trowa got off. A counterattack rose and stopped the two in their attempt. Trowa was easily restrained but not Dinobot. He leaped on the nearest foot soldier and ripped his body in half while he stood on their shoulders. Jumping from here two more fell to the slashing foot claws. A sideswipe from the tail and Dinobot had cleared the passage. And when he turned to around to find Trowa to tell it was time, Trowa was not there. Dinobot scanned in vain and could not find him. But he did see the figure of a man with black spiky hair and a nasty attitude. The foot soldiers had not receded and the man hovered over them and stared at Dinobot menacingly.
Raditz had been dispatched by Megatron to reinforce and direct the foot soldier fight. His scanners gave him detailed information on the status of each fighter. On his screen they appeared in the shapes they were in a green color. His own troops were purple markings on the screens. At the notice of Dinobot's performance, and the note of the change, Megatron knew him for what he was. He was satisfied in having found out something about his numerous opponents and figured that would be useful. He was also satisfied with the position of the other group. He decided that the two humans and one creature could not hold out forever. He had dispatched Raditz to clean up Dinobot. He smiled as one group of purple dots and one green were moving together away from Dinobot. But a blurb on one of the green figures showed a change. Megatron looked at the blurb and was shocked by what he saw.
Quatre nervously looked at his watch. He knew Trowa should have gotten on Heavy Arms by now. Matt worried too. It was mostly about T.K. but also about Trowa and Dinobot. Quatre could not take it anymore. He said, "We need to do something, something has gone wrong."
Foot soldiers started coming again. Gabumon held them for a while. The arrival of Raditz on the field made it possible for more soldiers than Gabumon's firing rate to be sent.
Matt said, "Quatre I think we can get there."
"How?"
"Well, like this." A glow appeared in front of them.
Quatre declared, "What is that?"
Matt's digivice glowed brightly and…
Gabumon…warpdigivolve to… METALGARURUMON.
Quatre was stunned, his jaw hang out as he saw the compact Gabumon turn into a metallic beast as large as a bear.
Matt said, "Metalgarurumon, beat them back so we can get to the Gundams." Quatre watched with astonishment as a surge of missiles and other projectiles jolted from Metalgarurumon and the foot soldier army in front of them became frozen.
Matt shouted, "Quatre, jump on, we're going for the Gundams." Quatre mounted and Metalgarurumon and helped Matt on behind him.
Metalgarurumon spoke, "Hold on, here we go." Rockets fired and off they went. From above the field they saw Trowa being dragged off. They saw Dinobot ripping his last assault. Then they landed. Metalgarurumon went back to being Gabumon.
Quatre was surprised but said to Matt, "O.K. take Gabumon and get in Trowa's Gundam. When you get there I'll tell you what to do next." Matt nodded and climbed up Heavy Arms to the cockpit. He turned on the suit. Quatre began communicating with him.
"Matt, grab the forward stabilizer." Matt didn't know what Quatre was referring to and Gabumon was just as ignorant off the situation. Quatre noticed no change in the Heavy Arms position.
Quatre asked, "Matt, you okay in there?"
Matt responded via Quatre's link because he could not find his own, "I'm fine, I'm just ignorant of the system." Quatre worried about Matt, if the Heavy Arms would not respond to him then Trowa and Dinobot might be lost. A call came through from Heavy Arms (Gabumon found the comm link), Matt's face and voice came through.
"Quatre, can this computer system communication network outside the system?"
Quatre thought this is odd, why does he want to know. "Yes, but why?"
"I'd like to get in touch with a friend." Quatre was disturbed, here a major battle and the kid wanted to call some friend.
Matt signaled, "It will help, I promise."
Quatre got Sandrock up and running. Matt used the comm. Link to reach a number. I hope this works, Matt thought.
Izzy was not on the war plain, in fact he was still in the digiworld. But his computer made noises to the effect of an incoming message. Izzy and Tentomon were surprised but responded anyway. It was Matt.
Matt said, "Izzy, I've got a system a want you to help me with. I'm downloading the files on your computer now." Izzy watched the screens. Information for a mobile suit came him. Izzy stared at his screen- he had never seen anything like it. Heavy Arms' system was not hard to figure out, but what of the scope of what he was doing. He realized Matt was in a mobile suit of enormous size and power. The arm alone, with its massive machine guns would have ate up a small third world nation. Nevertheless, Izzy knew Matt needed help and that would make things better.
"Matt, Take the left joystick." Matt looked and found it. "Now use that to direct the left arm. The top buttons fire the dual machine guns. You'll have to aim the guns yourself." Matt looked around, although he didn't know it, the head had locked on Trowa long ago. The gun raised and fired at Matt's command. The circle of foot soldiers around Trowa disappeared. Trowa leaped up and ran toward Heavy Arms. Trowa wasn't sure if the suit had not intervened on its own for the sake of his life. Matt saw Trowa and radioed to Quatre. Quatre looked down and saw Trowa running to them. He sighed relief. Matt got Heavy Arms' verniers to move Heavy Arms toward Trowa. Matt gave thanks to Izzy and logged off. Before he did so however, Matt told Izzy to keep ready in case he was needed again. Heavy Arms opened to let Trowa enter.
"Thank you," he said. "I'll take over from here."
Matt and Gabumon remained in the cockpit but out of the way of Trowa. Trowa looked around but could not find Quatre. Bright flashes were coming from the horizon and Trowa could just make out Sandrock heading that way.
Raditz opened his energy blasts on Dinobot. Since, the barrage was constant, he had no time to get out of beast mode. He was forced to use his skill to dodge each and every incoming beam. Raditz began to get frustrated and utilized his movement to get a more accurate fire on the target. Dinobot knew that without maximizing he would not be able to escape too long. Sure enough, a beam from Raditz got Dinobot in the left leg. Dinobot collapsed in a heap. He tried moving but could not manage. His predicament was not ignored, but a blast from Raditz appeared to have him.
Then, nothing. Dinobot looked up and between them there was Sandrock with the dual sickles out in front which had reflected the blast. Quatre looked at Raditz and realized that no weapon would work on this warrior.
Trowa commed in, "Quatre, Matt, Gabumon, and I are going to clean up the foot soldiers that are left."
Quatre said, "Good luck." Quatre dropped his scythes and said to Raditz, "You want to go, then let's go." Raditz smiled as he saw his new challenge. Quatre was not playing. Sandrock began to use his verniers to maneuver toward Raditz who met him half way. Raditz then winced as Sandrock kicked him upon arrival and Sandrock through an upper cut that sent Raditz flying. Sandrock followed up with a slap with his shield and Raditz once again flew into the air.
Quatre had mastered the situation and said, "Now, to avenge Dinobot." The head guns of Sandrock burst into fire and Raditz's leg had an identical wound to Dinobot's. Sandrock bent down and picked up Dinobot. Heavy Arms returned from cleanup operations. Quatre signaled Trowa and the two Gundam suits rested.
"Trowa, it is imperative that we find help for Dinobot, we need to withdraw this way to see if there is help." Trowa wondered whether or not there was help in the future but nodded his head. Dinobot was going into stasis lock. At this crucial moment, a warrior appeared right in the path of their withdrawal. He hailed them and at the top of his massive sword was a white flag, conspicuous against the green of his armor.
He said, "I am Sage, a ronin warrior, come to help you. Follow me and all will be explained." Matt and Trowa nodded to each other and Quatre agreed also. They must save Dinobot.
