ZOIDS: The Zabers
The sun beat down unmercifully on the forest and the top of the grassy mountain. The air was stuffy and hot. There wasn't a breeze in the air. The sand swept over the feet of the Zaber Fangs as they sized up the Blitz team. There were only three Zoids out, the Shadow Fox, Gun Sniper, and Liger Zero.

The judge capsule nearby opened and the little robot judge came out. In a metallic voice he called out, "The Blitz teams vs. the Zaber Fangs!"

Brittany, a tall brown haired girl of about fourteen, was in the cockpit of one of the Zabers. She always had a perfect shot, or aim, and never missed. She was the leader of the team. She was also the one that the Blitz team would have to be careful of.

"So, are you going into battle with only three Zoids?" She asked sarcastically, "Or do you have a trick up your sleeve?"

Leena leaned back in the cockpit of the Gun Sniper and said in a shaky voice, "She's on to us! This is worse than the Naomi battle!"

"Nope, no trick here," A voice called out. The voice belonged to Ruby. She had entered the battle when the Raynos should have been launched as soon as the battle began.

"Ruby! What do you think your doing?" Brad asked, coming up on the CTZ.

"The Raynos was supposed to launch at the beginning of the battle! You're not supposed to be in this fight!" Leena yelled in fury.

"Hey, you can't yell at me now. I equipped my Zoid with new armor. It's pretty strong, but it doesn't have many weapons. Just a long-range cannon, a triple cannon, two long range guns, nine retractable blades, and, of course, the teeth and claws," Ruby counted the weapons off on her fingers.

Bit came in over the CTZ and looked at her. "What, are you getting ready for the army or something? With all that, it should be a piece of cake to beat these guys! Where did you get the new armor?" Bit asked.

Ruby just gave him the 'you know' kind of look and replied, "I found them lying around the yard at home. You should know. Anyway, these have been in the family for ages. I can't even remember when it came to be."

"The armor has been in your family for ages? Then why wasn't it equipped when we fought? And what Zoid is the armor supposed to be for?" Leena asked with more curiosity than surprise.

"Because I didn't have the right tools to equip it," Ruby said simply. "And I don't even know what Zoid this armor is for because it just melts into the shape of the Zoids body build. Pretty neat, huh?"

The judge was looking at the battle field as he called out in his robotic voice, " Battle mode 0999, four on four, unsanctioned battle, anyone can enter after it has began. Ready... FIGHT!"

"Is Ruby going to fight in this battle?" Leena shrieked.

"Leave it, Leena. Just stop Brittany before she gets to a good vantage point! Make sure you hit her this time, and try not to miss like the Naomi incident!" Brad yelled.

"OK, OK. Lets go, Gun Sniper!" Leena fired fourteen shots at Brittany as she raced up the mountain.

The mountain wasn't that high, and a small terrace of grass was at the top, covering half of the cliff edge. The other half was rock, and it slopped slowly upwards. The Zaber Fang stood on the edge of the cliff so it could shoot down the other Zoids. The point is Leena missed.

"Don't waste your ammo again!" Brad hissed at Leena.

"You're the one who told me to fire!" Leena growled back.

"Hey guys, we should get into the trees. Then Brittany can't hit us as easily," Bit called, remembering the same battle as everyone else. Brad, Leena, and Bit all ran off to the protection of the forest, leaving Ruby in the clearing.

Ruby walked foreword with her Zoid and laughed to herself. The new armor she had was like an onyx black. The long-range gun on the Liger's back was exactly like the Lightning Saix's, but it could move up, down, left, and right. The Saix's gun couldn't. The triple cannon went on the underbelly of the Liger, and the two long-range guns were on the back along with the other one. The retractable blades were like the Schnider's, but they were longer.

"Ha, let's get to business. Fire at my command, Liger!" Ruby got the Zaber Fang on the ledge in her sights and fired with the cannon. Her shot was twenty feet off.

Brittany looked in wonder at Ruby's Zoid and said in astonishment over the CTZ, "Kid, I've seen pretty poor shots in my life, but none as poor as that!"

Ruby nodded, agreeing, "Someone needs some target practice!"

She fired thirteen more shots, and all were off the target by more than ten feet. As she readied the Liger to use the long-range guns, as those were the only ones that could reach Brittany, the Liger roared angrily. Ruby looked up, "I know, Liger. You dont like the gun. Well, if it makes you happy, you can get rid of it, but you're the one who's going to scrounge the money up to fiz it."

Ruby twisted the right control counsel to the left and pushed it all the way to the main control. The gun on the Ligers back burst off with a sound like steam being let loose from a train and plummeted to the ground. The Liger shook and stretched, happy to be rid of the heavy gun, heedless of Ruby's warning.

"Leena, how many shots do you have left?" Brad asked.

"Let's see... WHAT? Only ten! How could that have happened? Oh no, that means that we didn't equip the Gun Sniper with more ammo in the last three battles!" Leena slumped over in her seat, disappointed.

"Alright, don't use them. I have a plan," Brad and the Shadow Fox snuck foreword towards the edge of the forest, but many things happened at once.

One, Brad was hit by Brittany's Zaber.

Two, the Liger Zero and Gun Sniper were surrounded by Zaber Fangs.

Three, Ruby shot Brittany's Zaber down.

Four, the Gun Sniper used the Weasel Unit Total Assault and destroyed the Zaber Fangs surrounding it, with only nine shots.

"The battle is over. The battle is over. The winner is the Blitz Team!" The judge called out.
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Lotta referance to the Naomi battle, very same, as I said, I was rather young. i keep forgeting, but I sadly do not own Zoids. The companys wont share.