FS- Raven meets Fury and Vega for the first time, and they battle. And Firefox, Frank Moore, I'd like to apologize about the chapters. And Firefox, the answer to your question.

Raven- I have no idea, but if he fights, I will crush him, just like that baka Flyheight!

The Fury

Vega sat back in the Fury's cockpit. He smiled to himself before entering the coordinates. "Let's go, Fury." He loved his zoid, and the Royal Cup was exciting. A smirk spread across his face as they roared off across the desert.

Fury battled desperately to defeat the virus. It spread through his core, infecting all it touched. And what was worse, he recognized the DNA signature of the virus. It was Drakan, the leader of Astarael's clan, and a deadly and evil pilot.

Bit sat in the Liger, feeling the mighty zoid's joints creak and bend as they struggled to support the heavy weight. Doc's voice reverberated in the huge chamber. "Okay, we have the coordinates. However, it seems that another team is a few steps ahead of us." Bit shouted up through the com- link, "We've come too far to give up now!"

I flattened myself out on the zoid core. The armor was so heavy, and I could feel it, the cold, icy dead weight. I cursed silently. Why couldn't we have used the basic armor? It was so much better than the Panzer! Shit, shit, shit...

The Fury roared, shaking the earth, deafening the members of the Blitz Team. "It just had to be our biggest rival, and right before the finish line." Leena muttered. "You didn't really think it would be Harry out there?" Bit retorted.

Leena chewed restlessly at her lip, remembering what Dr. Layon had told her. "Liger Zero is... an ultimate X. He memorizes opponent's ...moves, and uses it to ....his advantage. ..Be ...careful, Leena... Liger Zero is so much more than you can even imagine.." His voice had trailed off. What had he meant by that last revelation?

The Shadowfox launched out into the summer skies, soaring upward and falling to earth in a crash of dust. Vega chuckled and crouched low. The side of the Hovercargo lifted down, smashing the earth to balance the Panzer.

We slid out, and slipped backwards, gouging deep cracks in the ground, roaring in a desperate attempt to balance the weight. Brad bounded forward, leaped upward, shadowing the sun, claws glowing, and came down in a flash of sparks. Fury.. his armor was white, sleek, and much toughed than it appeared. But his eyes..

Gone was the friendliness that had dwelled at the bottom, gone was his sense of right and wrong. In return, there was darkness, shadows, malevolence, and evil. His tail swung aroung, sending the Shadowfox skidding off.

Bit yelled as Brad was sent flying. "Your Shadowfox doesn't stand a chance against the Berserk Fury." Vega laughed. "Don't be so sure." He gritted out. Orange particles gathered around the immense cannon on his back.

I dug my fingers into the zoid core as we went skidding backwards, and Fury went up in a cloud of dust. "Fool!" I whispered. Fury's shield was equipped to handle more than that. I heard a shout from Leena and glanced up.

Bit gaped at the two figures that had appeared on a ridge. One was a wolf zoid, a black so dark it seemed to absorb the surrounding light, with deadly golden eyes, and five blades. The other was a girl who leaned against the leg of the zoid. Her ebony hair blew in the wind, revealing eyes so green and deep you felt lost when you looked at them. They revealed no emotion whatsoever.

She wore military fatigues and black combat boots, and a black tank top. He shook his head and returned to the battle. The Berserk Fury stomped out of the dust, a shield of rose between Liger and it.

"Good shot!" Vega said. "I have to admit, your new armor packs a more powerful punch than the others. However.." His voice dropped, "You don't have enough maneuverability!" The Fury shot forward in a blur of white, sending the Liger Zero smashing to earth.

I struggled to my feet. Bleeping rose in my ears, and I looked to the skies. A judge satellite was falling. It would be level 9 destruction over an extensive area! The Fury charged up, and it fired!

Blue-white crossed the day, seared the skies. Slowly, so slowly, it whittled away at the satellite. But it survived, and broke apart. I roared loudly, as my missiles were fired, and smoke crossed the blue. The temperature shot up, as we jettisoned the armor before we all died.

"Jamie!" Doc shouted. "Give me a power level on that wolf zoid!" Jamie's fingers flew across the keys, and he paled. "It's off the charts! It could destroy the planet! Notify the ZBC!"

The chairman sat calmly, as a storm of fear raged around him. "Sir!" An orderly ran up to him and collapsed. "The power level!" he panted. The chairman scanned it, and his eyes widened as his mouth dropped. He looked up at the picture of the dark zoid. That zoid, and the young teen that stood by it, were unstoppable! He didn't recognize the zoid or the pilot, though. "Mr. Chairman! What do we do!?" He considered. "Wait. We cannot attack. That zoid could destroy us all in a twitch. Yes, we must wait."

Unarmed, I stood. I needed to get to the Hovercargo! The Fury stomped forward, and Brad fired. I ran for the Hovercargo and changed, in time to see Fury dispatch Brad and face Astarael.