A/N: This is the last chappy! Really bug me and I may put up another sequel!
Dedication: This story and its prequel is dedicated to Firefox, for always keeping me motivated with her constant 'I love Ravens' and all. This one's for you!
I smiled as I looked down on the sleeping figure of my son. He flopped over and muttered. "Vega?" His gray eyes opened and stared blearily at me. "Hi, Dad." The Blitz Team choked in surprise. I called "Astarael?" She muttered, "Don…… wanna wake up." I grinned evilly and began tickling her. She sputtered and laughed helplessly. "Rave……… stop!" I sat back and watched her. She grinned and sat up. Her eyes widened as she looked at Vega, who was standing behind me. "Hi Mom." He said shyly. "Hey, son."
Shadow laughed as he saw the reunited family start merrily insulting each other. He creaked to his feet and nudged Raven. *Shouldn't we be figuring out what to do with the ZBC?* Raven sighed and turned. "Bit." Bit snapped to attention. "Yes, Mr. Raven, sir?" The Dark One groaned and waved it off. "Don't call me Mister. It makes me sound old. You are my pilot, after all. Can you get me a link to the ZBC?" Bit nodded and set up one.
The Chairman's harassed face showed up. "Yes?" His face hardened. "If you know where the Liger Zero is, you'd better tell me!" Raven walked up. "Call me Raven. I am part of the zoid Liger Zero. If you ever hurt my pilot again, I will summon Apollyon and destroy you utterly. Do I make myself clear?!" The Chairman's ashen face nodded quickly. "Good." Raven switched off. "Vega, where's the Fury?" Vega grabbed his hand and tugged him to where the massive zoid was standing. "FURY!" :Dragon!!: The shocked Blitz Team saw the enthusiastic reunion between Raven, Shadow, Astarael, and the Fury.
Raven sat in the conference room, with Astarael on one side and Vega on the other. Bit sat down and began. "Raven, am I a good pilot?" The zoidian smiled and replied, "Yeah. One of the best. You could have beaten Van Flyheight, easy." Bit leapt up with a startled yelp.
"YOU knew Van Flyheight, defeater of the Deathsaurer, Death Stinger, and Leader of the Guardian Force?!" Raven growled softly. "He did not defeat the Death Stinger. The Gravity Cannon did at first, and I defeated and killed it the second time, just me, Shadow, and Hellfire."
"But you knew him!?" The zoidian smiled sadly. "Yes. I hated him at first, for impeding me in my path of destruction, but let's just say he grew on me." Loud, fake snoring interrupted his answer. Raven glared at Astarael who was snoring loudly. "A-HEM! Aren't you forgetting something?" She shook her head. "Nope." Raven grinned wickedly. "You should be repairing Shadowrage." Astarael sat up, choked, and ran out of the room. Raven sighed happily, "Never fails to work."
Real snores interrupted him. Vega was asleep, with a small smile on his face. "Guess I was too boring for him." Raven picked him up and said apologetically, "Do you have a room we can borrow?" Bit snapped shut his hanging jaw and led Raven to an empty bedroom.
2 Weeks later…………
Shadow growled happily as he ran around the base, with a rabid Leena chasing him. "SHADOW! YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Leena screeched. She ran into a rock-hard chest and fell backwards. "Shadow been stealing your donuts? Here." The ancient zoidian tossed a clump of money at her.
April 22-I laughed at the shocked expression of psycho-girl's face before going to visit Liger. He was up and fully running again, thanks to hard work on Shadow's part and mine. We had gotten a duplicate of the white armor, repaired the other armors, and were having a nice, long vacation.
The ZBC was cowering away from us, and the corrupted leader was replaced with………… Doc Tauros! Yeah, the nutty professor is one of the most powerful men on the planet. Real irony, isn't it? Oh well, he's managed to collect most of the zoid models out there, and is currently lusting after a limited edition model of us! Yeah, Liger Zero.
Shadow somehow-or-other managed to terrorize a bakery into giving him a lifetime supply of donuts and cookies. Last time I checked, his favorite flavor was chocolate chip. He and Leena are pretty much best friends now, owing to all the sweets they've consumed together.
Brad has so much money now, he can never complain again. Except for when Shadow eats all his coffee. Then he's even scarier than Leena, if that's even possible!
Shadowrage, after much wheedling and promises of food, has made a full recovery. He's a lot quieter now. I think his near-death experience sobered him up a lot.
As for Vega, he joined the Blitz Team! We're tearing through the ranks of Class S like wildfire. Pretty much no one wants to fight us anymore, what with us having three ancient zoidians on our team, two Ultimate X's, an organoid, a bunch of money, and the feared reputation of the Dark One.
Fury? It turned out the organoid inside him was Blind Seer as well. Or rather, the copy. When I actually saw the copy for the first time, it was strange. One eye is missing, along with a leg and an ear, scars from when Reese killed the original by hiring a sniper with a Charged Particle Gun.
Bit and I have become good friends in the past weeks. He's actually a lot smarter than you'd think. He's gotten really quiet and thoughtful after the Royal Cup. I think he sees that battle isn't all a game.
Astarael? We're engaged now! She sprung the question on me a week ago at dinner. Leena screeched, Bit smiled into his soup, Vega choked, Brad was stoic, Jamie started freaking about the wedding, and Doc……… was, well, Doc. The wedding is in two weeks, at the site of the former Zoid Eve.
The teenager finished writing in the journal and closed it. He walked into the base and the door shut. A loud party was starting. Brad got drunk, Harry ran away in fear after Shadow bit his butt on Leena's orders, Leena gorged on cookies, Doc was building a model, Jamie was happily making new strategies, Vega was reading a book, and Raven and Astarael danced together, their battles against the remnants of evil(and Harry, who is evil) at last coming to a close.
Vega looked up. A smile graced his lips as he whispered, "And they all lived happily ever after."
**OWARI**
