I decided to update^.^ I'm almost done! Just one more chapter after this one and this fic is done. This is a battle chapter, so I hope it goes well. I'm not that great at writing battle scenes, but I try.
Well, in order to make this less confusing, I'm gonna just show glimpses of each battle and keep switching off with them. I hope this won't confuse any of you. I'll write meanwhile, or something like that every time I switch to one okay? And I'll put one star thing, like this * when I switch too.
Anyway, I'll stop talking now and I'll get this chapter started.
Disclaimer: I don't own Zoids, just the characters I make.
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Both sides were now face to face. It was a stand off now. Behind the enemy, the battle was still raging as both sides fought their hardest.
"What should we do?" asked Bit.
"We wait," said Taban. "We don't want to just charge in."
"So we wait for them to make the first move?"
"Yes." Just then, another com-link appeared on all of their screens, revealing none other than Toran.
"Well well, so we meet at last," he said.
"Shut up!" yelled Bit. "Just what do you want with us?"
"That's simple. I want you dead Bit Cloud. The others don't matter. Give up, or we'll be forced to kill you all, but if you come quietly, we'll let the others live."
"Don't listen to him Bit," said Leena.
"Don't worry. I'm not about to give up without a good fight," said Bit.
"Have it your way then, but you leave us no choice." And with that, the com-link disappeared and the enemy zoids began to charge for them.
"All right everyone, remember the plan," said Miharu.
"Right," they all said. They broke off into their teams and began to charge forwards. Soon enough, all of them engaged their enemy in battle. They had no problem splitting up their enemies so that they could follow their plan to the letter. In the air, Jamie and Miharu were having a little bit of trouble.
"Jamie, we need to get some shots in!" yelled Miharu. The Neo Breaker was swarming them with heavy shelling. They couldn't do anything. The shelling stopped and that was their chance. Miharu and Jamie began to shoot at him, giving it everything they had, but the Neo Breaker simply moved out of the way.
"We missed it," said Jamie.
"This is going to be a lot harder than the last time," said Miharu.
*Meanwhile, on the ground, the Fire Star team seemed to be having their own problems.
"Come on! We have to hit him, even just once!" yelled Mattei.
"Rick! What are you doing? Aren't you suppose to be the one leading this battle?" said Meiyuu harshly.
"I know, but he's fast," complained Rick.
"Well you're fast too. Come on! You're in a Lightning Siax. You should be able to catch him."
"Alright, but I'm not promising anything." The Lightning Siax had been trying to catch up with the black Blade Liger, but was having more problems than anticipated. "Here goes." Rick stopped the Siax and turned it around so that the black Blade Liger was now charging towards it instead of away, because they had been running in a huge circle. It was approaching quickly.
"Rick!" yelled Mattei and Meiyuu. 'I hope this works,' thought Rick as the Liger was getting closer and collision seemed imminent.
*Meanwhile, not too far from where they were, Leena, Brad, Naiomi, and Leon were having difficulties of their own.
"Look out!" yelled Brad. The Genosaurer charged them, but missed as they jumped out of the way.
"Man, this is tough," said Leena. "We can't even get a good shot in."
"We have to stall her until Naiomi has a clear shot," said Leon.
"We have to hurry up with this battle. The longer we take, the more chances she has to attack us," said Brad.
"All you guys have to do is hold her still for just a second so I can get a good shot in," said Naiomi.
"We know, but it's not like this is easy or anything," retorted Leena.
"Well, we'll have to think of something and we'd better do it fast," said Leon.
*Meanwhile, a little farther off from them, Bit and Taban were doing what they could against the Rector, which basically consisted of dodging and running.
"There's not much we can do until help arrives," said Taban.
"I know. It's hard enough to just dodge, let alone attack," agreed Bit.
*Meanwhile, back with the Fire Star team, the black Blade Liger was about to collide with Rick and the Siax, but at the last minute, he jumped up and came down on top of it, knocking it's back mounted cannon off.
"Good timing Rick," said Meiyuu.
"Thank you," said Rick in a cocky tone. He jumped off and the Liger got back up and began to shoot at them. They were able to break away from the shelling, but not before sustaining some damage.
"How are we gonna do this?" asked Mattei. Rick thought for a while.
"I think I got a plan," he said.
"Well, it's now or never, so let's try it," responded Meiyuu.
*In the air battle, Jamie had broken the sound barrier and became the Wild Eagle.
"Hey Jamie, what are you doing?" asked Miharu. She had noticed that the Raynos was acting differently from before.
"I'm not Jamie," came his response. Miharu thought this through and then on remembering, sweatdropped.
"Oh great…" she said to herself. "Uh, Wild Eagle?"
"Yes?"
"We need to get some shelling in now, or he'll overwhelm us."
"I'm way ahead of you." He began to shoot at the Neo Breaker, but it was too fast and it simply moved out of the way.
"Look, if we're gonna win this, we have to attack together," said Miharu.
"Sounds good to me."
"Alright, then lets go. You go left, I'll go right, and then when I say to, pull up hard."
"Then what?"
"I haven't gotten that far yet."
"Fine, then I'll come up with the rest of it."
"Alright. The weak point of the Neo Breaker is it's back. That's where we need to hit it so we have to be above it."
"You got it." Just as Miharu said, she pulled right and the Wild Eagle pulled left. The Neo Breaker was in the middle of them.
"Alright, now pull up." Both of them pulled up and flew high above the Neo Breaker.
"Okay, now it's my turn. Let's dive at him. His back is wide open," said the Wild Eagle.
"You got it," responded Miharu. Both of them quickly pulled into a nosedive and began to head right for the Neo Breaker. "Now we give it everything we've got!" yelled Miharu. They both began to shoot at it, not stopping for anything. The Neo Breaker was taken by surprise and didn't have time to defend or move. Every bullet made contact and soon the Neo Breaker was sent crashing down to the ground below.
"Finally," said Miharu. She breathed a sigh of relief. She pushed a few buttons on the control panel. "Taban, we're done here."
"Good," came Taban's voice.
"We're coming to help you."
"No. I want you to help out the others first. We're fine here."
"But…"
"Look, remember the plan, alright? We have to finish off the other zoids first. To be able to beat the Rector, we're gonna need everybody.
"Alright, whatever you say." She turned the link and flew lower so she could see the battles that were going on. "I wonder who needs help."
*Meanwhile, the Genosaurer had the upper hand on them. It was covering them in heavy shelling and Naiomi still didn't have a clear shot at it.
"You guys need to lure her into an area that I can see from. There's a rock in the way right now so I can't shoot at her," complained Naiomi, but not in the whining way.
"We're trying okay, but this isn't exactly easy," retorted Leena.
"I have an idea," said Leon.
"What?" asked Brad.
"If we can get her to fire the charged particle cannon, she'd have to hold still in order to charge it, and that's when Naiomi could shoot."
"It's a great plan, but she needs to be in the open area so Naiomi can see her in order to shoot," responded Brad.
"We can try though. It's not like we have anything else to go by, so we'll try it," said Leena.
"Sounds good to me," said Naiomi, still sitting in her sniping spot.
"Fine, but remember Naiomi, you only have one chance to hit her, so don't blow it," warned Brad.
"I know, I know. Let's put this plan into action."
"You got it," said Leena. They pulled away from the heavy fire and began to run in the direction of the open area.
"Can you see her yet?" asked Leon.
"Nope, not yet, but I can see you guys, so just a little more, okay?"
"Alright." Naiomi waited patiently as she saw them run by and the Genosaurer followed.
"I see her." For some reason, the Genosaurer stopped running and Naiomi guessed it was because the others stopped first.
"Why don't you just shoot her now?" asked Brad.
"Because her Genosaurer is equipped with an energy shield, and if I tried right now, she'd just activate it. Not to mention that one shot won't be able to pierce through the armor on that thing. I'd have to shoot it about five times in a row and just by firing one would give me away. I'm going to wait."
"Just don't mess this up. We're the bait here, so you better get it right the first time, cause we won't be able to dodge if it fires."
"I know, don't worry. I won't miss." Just as planned, the clamps on the feet of the Genosaurer went down and the cannon began to charge. Naiomi quickly pulled the trigger and the bullet made contact, slightly shaking the Genosaurer. She fired again and again, and soon electricity began to shoot out in places. The cannon stopped charging and the clamps went back up. Naiomi shot out one more bullet that hit its neck and it went down, but seemed to struggle to get back up, meaning its system wasn't frozen yet.
"Alright you guys, now's the time to hit it with everything you've got!" yelled Naiomi.
"You got it," said Leena. "Weasel Unit Total Assault!" The bullets went flying towards the Genosaurer, making contact. Leon and Brad began to fire at her as well. Once they finished, they waited.
"Is the system frozen yet?" asked Leena.
"I don't know," said Brad.
"Look," said Leon. The Genosaurer was still moving, slowly, but it was moving. The Shadow Fox began to run towards it.
"Come on Leon, I have an idea," said Brad.
"Okay." The Blade Liger began to follow him. The claws on the Shadow Fox began to glow. "Strike Laser Claw!" The Shadow Fox jumped up and onto the back of the Genosaurer, cutting off a lot of metal from the armor.
"Hey Leon."
"You got it." The blades on the Blade Liger were extended and glowing. Leon charged strait towards the Genosaur, the blades cutting into it, knocking it on the ground. They all stood around for a while, but the Genosaurer didn't get back up.
"Yes! We did it!" yelled Leena happily. "Now let's go help the others."
*Meanwhile, the Fire Star team seemed to have everything under control. The black Blade Liger was now chasing the Lightning Siax.
"Okay guys, I'm gonna lead him over to you, okay?" called out Rick.
"Sounds good. We're ready and waiting," said Meiyuu.
"Let's hope this works," said Mattei. The Siax kept running forwards and the black Blade Liger was slowly gaining.
"You guys ready?" asked Rick.
"Ready and waiting," responded Meiyuu. The Blade Liger was about to catch up with him, but at the last minute, it jumped out of the way, leaving the black Blade Liger charging towards Meiyuu's Rev Raptor. The Rev Raptor had its blades extended, waiting for the enemy to get close enough. The black Blade Liger couldn't slow down in time to dodge the blades, but ducked down so that the only thing damaged was the back mounted cannon. It kept charging, but didn't notice the Spino Sappa in front of it. The saws on the Spino Sappa came down and cut off the front, right leg of the Liger and it went down. They then opened fire on it, and soon enough, its system was frozen as well.
"Yes!" cheered Rick. A com-link popped up to reveal Miharu.
"Are you guys done there too?" she asked.
"Yep, we took care of the black Blade Liger. What should we do now?"
"Well, everyone seems to have finished off their targets except of course for Bit and Taban. We're all going to go and help them fight the Rector."
"Sounds good. We'll be there soon." The com-link disappeared. "Did you guys hear that?"
"Yeah, we did," said Mattei.
"Well, then let's get going." They began to head over to where Taban and Bit were fighting the Rector. Everyone else was heading over there as well and this did not go unnoticed by Toran.
"Hmm, well, I have to give you credit, you're all a lot smarter than I thought you were," he said to himself. "But playtime is over." They were now all there, staring down the Rector.
"Alright, now we can take him," said Bit.
"You got it," said Taban. "Everyone, let's do it." They all charged at once, firing all the ammo they had left, except for Bit, who went to the Hover Cargo to get the Schneider armor. The Rector could dodge them easily and jumped out of the way before any of the bullets hit him. Naiomi tried to shoot him from her sniping spot, but it didn't work, since he easily dodged it as well.
"Darn it, I missed," cursed Naiomi. The Rector turned in her direction and began shooting at her. "Oh no!" The bullets made contact, knocking her off balance and freezing her system. "Darn, I'm out of this battle." The Rector turned away from her and then the foot clamps on it went down.
"Is that what I think it is?" questioned Leon.
"The charged particle cannon!" exclaimed Miharu
"We gotta get out of here!" exclaimed Taban. They all began to run in different directions. The cannon looked ready to fire, but then a familiar voice rang out.
"Seven Blade Attack!" shouted Bit. The Rector didn't have time to block. The Liger Zero Schneider collided with it, knocking it over and tearing through some of the armor. The cannon stopped charging and the sound of glass shattering could be heard. Toran fell out of the cockpit, but quickly got up and joined his men, who by now had been defeated in battle.
"Darn it! All 200 of my troops were defeated. Get the backup group down here immediately!" commanded Toran.
"Yes sir!" said one of his men. He quickly pulled out a radio and contacted the base.
"You're not getting away so easily Toran," said Taban. All of them had gotten out of their zoids and were now all standing together. "The ZBC will be here any minute to deal with you."
"I don't plan on sticking around for that long."
"You don't have a choice in the matter," said Miharu.
"Oh but I do, you see, I have a friend here who I think would like to play with you two. In fact, I think you know her." Just then, a shot rang out. Miharu and Taban jumped back a little, since the shot was aimed near them. They looked over and saw Risai. "She's been dying to see you two again. Well, I better be going. I have a lot to do." Him and his men began to run off. Taban turned to the rest of them.
"Don't let them get away. We can take care of Risai."
"You sure?" asked Bit.
"Yeah."
"Alright, then good luck." Everyone else except for Taban and Miharu ran after Toran. They slowly gained on him, but some of his men turned around and stood in their way. Brad and Leon volunteered to take care of them, so the others kept running. Another group turned around and this time Mattei, Rick, and Jamie took care of them, so those who were left kept running. When five more of his men stopped to fight them, the only people left were Bit, Leena, Meiyuu, and Naiomi.
"You go ahead Bit," said Naiomi.
"Are you sure you girls will be okay?" he asked.
"We'll be fine," said Meiyuu.
"Be careful Bit, please," said Leena. He smiled to her and then kept on running. Toran only had two people with him now. 'This will be easy,' thought Bit.
*Meanwhile, Taban and Miharu had their hands full with just Risai, on account that they didn't want to hurt her.
"Taban, I don't think we have much of a choice here." They were now hiding behind a rock, which was being fired at.
"I know, but don't kill her, alright?"
"I got it." Miharu quickly stood up the second it was quiet and pulled the trigger on her gun, hitting Risai in the leg. "Got her…what?" Risai didn't even wobble or stagger. It was as if the bullet hadn't even hit her. Risai began to fire and Miharu ducked back down.
"What happened?"
"I hit her in the leg, but it didn't work."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean it's as if she absorbed the bullet, like I didn't even hit her or something."
"Let me try." It was quiet again so Taban stood up and shot at her, but this time in the arm, and like Miharu said, it was as if he didn't even hit her. It healed instantly. He ducked back down too. "Okay, so you were right. What do we do now?"
"Why are you asking me?"
"Because I'm all out of ideas."
"Well, we can't just sit here. We have to fight back."
"I know."
"Then let's make a break for it."
"Sounds good. How about to that rock over there?"
"Okay, then lets go." They both began to run to the rock that was further away, but of course, Risai followed, trying to shoot them down. Miharu glanced back at her. Her eyes landed on the stone that was on Risai's forehead. She then jumped behind the rock with Taban and Risai continued to shoot at them.
"Hey Taban, I got it."
"Got what?"
"I know what's controlling her."
"Really? What is it?"
"It's that stone. It looks like a Ryu gem."
"But that's not possible. Ryu gems are very rare and not many exist. How'd Toran get a hold of one?"
"Around 200 years ago, they weren't quite as rare, remember? Not to mention that the ZBC seemed to have a lot of them."
"Oh yeah…"
"Taban. You wanna save Risai, don't you?"
"Of course."
"Then I need you to shoot that gem off of her forehead."
"But…what if I miss?"
"You wont miss. You have better aim than I do and you're always precise. Don't worry. It's now or never. We don't have a lot of time to plan this."
"Alright, I'll do it. The second she quits firing." The bullet shots soon ceased.
"Now!" yelled Miharu. Taban stood up, gun in hand. He squinted, trying to focus his aim. He didn't have much time to do this. He aimed and pulled the trigger, sending a bullet flying towards her. It hit the stone and knocked it clear off. It sailed through the air and Miharu ran out and caught it. Risai fell backwards onto the ground and then just laid there. Taban and Miharu ran to her and kneeled when they got there. Taban lifted her up slightly and smiled.
"Good, she's still alive," said Taban. Miharu studied the stone for a while.
"So, this is how she was able to heal like that. This kind of Ryu gem has healing properties. Amazing…" They both stayed there for a while, unaware of what was happening further on. Meiyuu, Naiomi, and Leena were still fighting off their group and the others were doing the same.
"Hey Leena," said Naiomi.
"What?" asked Leena as she dodged a punch and followed through with one of her own.
"We can handle things here. You go help Bit."
"You sure?"
"Yeah," said Meiyuu. "You go ahead; we'll be fine."
"Thank you." Leena broke away from the fight and followed after Bit. He was a good distance ahead of her. Farther ahead, Bit was running after Toran and his two men, who seemed to be out of breath. They stopped and faced Bit, who stopped as well.
"It's over. The Zoid Battle Commission is on their way. Face it, you lost," said Bit. Leena could now see Bit and them. She was to their right, running towards them as fast as she could. 'What do I do?' Her mind was panicking. Toran just smirked and laughed a little at what Bit had said.
"I'm afraid you're the one who just lost," said Toran. Bit looked to him, a little scared. Toran pulled out a pistol from his belt. He was aiming for Bit.
"No!" yelled Leena. She wasn't sure if she'd make it, but she did catch Toran's attention. He looked to her and then smirked.
"But first," he said to Bit. "I'm gonna make you suffer." He pointed his pistol to the right and Bit's gaze followed it. His eyes went wide.
"Leena!" yelled Bit. Leena stopped running. "Look out!"
"What?" asked Leena, more so to herself than to Bit. She looked to Toran, who was staring her down, his pistol pointed at her. Leena was petrified with fear.
"No, Leena!" yelled Bit. He began to run to her. 'I have to make it, I have to,' shouted his mind. Toran just smirked and pulled the trigger. Leena had her eyes closed. The shot rang out and it was silent for a while. Leena opened her eyes and looked to see what happened, but a new fear took over, as she saw who stood in front of her.
"B…Bit," said Leena. He dropped one of his arms to his side and covered the bullet wound in his chest with the other. He was in pain. His legs soon buckled and he fell backwards towards Leena. He hit the ground and Leena knelt near him, lifting him partially and cradling his body in her arms. He was still alive.
"No, Bit…NO!" shouted Leena, which caught the attention of nearly everyone. All of them, by now, had finished their battles and were making their way over, but stopped at what they saw.
"We're too late…" said Naiomi. Taban and Miharu were walking over, carrying Risai with them. They saw what happened. Both of them were wide eyed.
"No, this can't be," said Miharu.
"Darn it. It wasn't suppose to end like this," said Taban. He set Risai down. Leena was still holding Bit close to her.
"Bit, don't die. We've been through so much. I love you Bit. Please don't die on me now."
"Sorry Leena. I want you to know that I will always love you, Leena…" His voice trailed off as he lost consciousness. Leena shook him a few times.
"Bit?" He was still breathing. Meanwhile, Taban and Miharu were nearby. Miharu looked to the Ryu gem in her hands.
"This isn't over yet," said Miharu.
"What?" asked Taban.
"It's a long shot, but we have to try it." She ran over closer to Leena. "Hey Leena!" Leena turned to look at Miharu.
"What?"
"Here!" she yelled. She threw the stone as hard as she could and Leena caught it. She looked at the stone in her hand.
"What's this?"
"It's called a Ryu gem. It has the ability to heal. Just hold it near him and it should work."
"Okay, I'll try it." Leena held the stone near Bit and prayed it would work.
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That was by far the longest chapter I ever wrote, but I finally got it done. This took a lot of thinking and was very difficult to write. I hope I didn't confuse any of you with the battle scenes. I tried my best, didn't I? Well, anyway, only one more chapter to go. I hope you like this and I hope you're ready for the finale. See ya then!
Audi^.^