EPISODE 3:
RETURN OF THE ELEPHANDER-THE MIX MATCH
"BUSTER SLASH!" Ace yelled as the Ligar 0 Schneider cut a Rev Raptor's leg and arm off.
Blairrrrre! "The battle is over, the battle is over! The winner is, the Max team!" announced the judge.
"YEAH! WOO HOO!" cheered Ace. "These optional parts for the Ligar are great Doc! So far this Schneider is the best!"
"Glad for ya Ace! Now come back in warriors and celebrate!" answered the Doc. All three of the Zoid warriors headed back toward the Hover Cargo and soon returned to the Taros base. The three warriors then pigged out on food fit for winners!
"Ah!" sighed Leo. "Winning is so filling!"
"I couldn't agree more," smiled Ace stuffing one more roll into his mouth.
"Well I shouldn't eat anymore. I've got to watch this great girlish figure of mine!" Iris added as she walked out the door of the dinning room. "I'll catch you two later." Leo's eyes strayed toward Iris' butt. "I like that butt," Leo smiled as the door began to close. "What do you think A..? Uh Ace?"
"T…t… Tums. Need Tums," Ace whimpered in a sickly voice.
"Sad really," replied Leo as he approached the medicine cabinet. Later, after a two-hour nap, Ace was walking around aimlessly and hands on his head like always. He entered one of the rooms that had computer screens everywhere. There he found Jessie and a man that resembled her.
"I guess that's Jessie's dad, Jamie," Ace thought. Ace walked over and peered at the screen and holograms the two were looking at.
"Hi Ace," replied Jessie looking up. "So you're awake."
"Yep!" answered Ace with a smile. "What are you two looking at?"
"Battle data that the ZBC (Zoid Battle Commission) has released," the girl responded looking back down.
"Hello, I don't believe we've met yet," the man smiled as he looked up. "I'm Jessie's father, Jamie."
"Yeah, weren't you the Blitz team's old tactical officer?" Ace asked as he shook Jamie's hand.
"You bet," smiled Jamie turning back to the holograms and keyboard.
"What kind of data are you looking at?" questioned Ace looking down as well.
"Data on the new and upgraded Elephander," Jessie responded. "The Back Draft group called us up earlier and set up an unsanctioned battle with us for tomorrow."
"Why did you accept?" Ace questioned as he stood up.
"WE didn't, Doc did. The prize money was set to be six times the usual amount," informed Jessie.
"Wow! That's great!" remarked Ace excitedly.
"That's if we win," Jessie added with a gloomy look.
"Why do you say that?" Ace asked still jumping for joy at the thought of the money.
"The money is great but, if they win they'll confiscate our zoids," answered Jessie.
"Then we'll just have to win," Ace said with a smile.
"Easier said then done," Jamie butted in. "The Elephander is twice as powerful then when the Ligar 0 last fought it. Much more. And I don't think the Ligar can win, even with its optional components."
"I'm sure the Schneider will do the trick!" Ace answered. "Never give up hope!"
"Nope, Schneider won't do in this battle," Bit stated as he entered the room.
"Hey Bit! What do you mean by that?" asked Ace.
"The last times I fought the Elephander, the Jager won once, the Schneider tied and lost, and won with the Panzer," explained Bit as he plopped down in one of the chairs.
"Then I'll just use the Panzer!" Ace replied.
"One thing I've learned about the Back Draft group, is that they always learn from their mistakes," Bit added.
"Unlike someone in here," smiled Jamie.
"Ah don't worry guys!" Ace remarked. "I'll find out a way. Hey anybody seen Iris?"
"I saw her hanging around the zoid hanger, but not too sure," answered Bit.
"How about Leo?" Ace asked.
"I think around the zoid area too," replied Jessie. "Why Leo?"
"Cause where Leo is, you can bet Iris is there too," Ace said with a smile as he darted out the door. Ace headed quickly toward the zoid hanger and sure enough found Leo sitting on a large crate next to the Ligar 0. "Hey Leo, what are you doing?" Ace questioned as he walked up to Leo.
"I was about to read my poem to my beloved," Leo whispered. "Until you interrupted."
"Sorry. So where is Iris anyway?" asked Ace as he looked around scratching his head. Leo pointed at the cockpit of the Ligar 0. Ace walked to the side to get a better look and saw Iris' feet poking up from the cockpit. "Hey Iris," Ace called up to the girl. Iris' head soon poked up. And as soon as she saw Ace, Iris hopped out of the Ligar 0's cockpit and climbed down its left fore leg.
"Ace I'm glad you came," smiled Iris as she wiped oil from her face with a towel.
"What for?" Ace asked with a puzzled look on his face and his hands back on his head.
"Well, we have a battle tomorrow with the Back Draft group's Elephander and," Iris began.
"Yeah I know about it. Jessie filled me in on it," interrupted Ace.
"Good, saves me some trouble. Well, since the Elephander has had major upgrades, I've decided to give your Ligar 0 the same courtesy."
"What do you mean?" Ace asked puzzled even more.
"I've taken the liberty in upgrading your Ligar 0 so that you could combat the Elephander," replied Iris happily.
"Well thanks!" Ace answered excitedly. "But what kind of upgrades?"
"Well for starters, I increased the stabilizers' resistance. So they won't over heat as quickly as they use to when the Ligar 0 used the Panzer armor," Iris explained. "Next, are you familiar with the CAS?"
"The Conversion Armor System? Yeah of coarse. That's the system that helps transform Ligar into the different armor units," answered Ace.
"Well, you know how you have only been able to use one armor at a time? That's about to change! I've been installing a new system that will eventually allow you to use the three armor units all at once," Iris explained.
"Wow! That sounds cool! I want to use that in the next battle!" Ace happily said.
"Yeah but there's just one problem," Iris added.
"Oh man," replied Ace in a disappointed voice. "What's the catch?"
"Well I haven't finished the Tri-CAS program yet. The Ligar has the ability to transform with all its armors, but not the system to do it," Iris said.
"So I can't use it yet?" Ace asked sadly.
Nope," frowned Iris. Ace then moped back to his room to rest up.
The next day eventually came. The Hover Cargo drove up to the battlefield. The battlefield was in a narrow canyon. "This doesn't look good. This narrow area won't allow the Ligar 0 to use its mobility to its full potential," Jessie said in a disappointed voice.
"Don't worry, I won't really need that much room," Ace said over the intercom. "I'm using the Schneider not Jager."
"But don't you remember what Bit said?" questioned Jessie harshly.
"Yeah. So I had Iris increase the output on the Schneider's head engines and reinforce the blades of it as well," Ace added.
"Okay, enough. Ace is going with the Schneider," Doc concluded. "Prepare to launch!" The Three zoids launched and waited for their enemy. A Whale King soon landed and the mouth opened up. A large trunk soon appeared and then a foot. Soon an elephant zoid appeared and blew its horn. After the zoid had appeared, a loud crash followed. "A dark judge," stated Doc. Next a dome was engaged.
"Battle field set up. The Max team verses the Elephander team," the dark judge said after the capsule had opened. "Battle mode 0-9-9-9. Ready… FIGHT!"
"Ready? Let's go Ligar!" Ace yelled as the five face blades flipped over the Ligar 0's face.
"Everyone, here's the plan! Leo, Iris you two attack from the sides, Ace you attack from straight forward," Jessie commanded.
"Roger!" the warriors replied. The Helcat and Shield Ligar ran toward the sides and the Ligar 0 charged forward.
"Let's strike quick and fast! BUSTER SLASH!" Ace yelled. The Ligar 0 engaged its head boosters and sped up. Soon it delivered its attack. SCREEEECH! The Ligar 0 landed on its belly. "Ah! What happened Ligar?"
"HA! The Elephander is equipped with extremely thick armor. So your attack tore through the first layer, but wasn't able to cut the second," the Elephander pilot said with a smile.
"Well then, let's see how good your defense is from the right!" Leo said as his Shield Ligar lunged toward the Elephander. "SHIELD STRIKE!"
But just as the Shield Ligar neared the elephant zoid, a side ion booster on the lower half of the Elephander engaged. The Elephander pivoted on its right fore leg. Then a blade on the right side of the Elephander whipped out and the Elephander reared up its right side.
"AHHHHH!" screamed Leo as his zoid flew into the blade. The Shield Ligar fell to the ground with its lower neck armor sliced in half. Then the Elephander's tail flicked up and unloaded rounds from a double barrel 45-mm laser gun mounted atop it. BOOM! The gattling rifle of the Helcat soon destroyed the laser gun.
"Leo, you okay?" Iris asked.
"No!" Leo yelled in anger as he slammed his fist on the controls. "My command system is frozen!"
"You bad little girl," the Elephander pilot said as an assault gattling rifle turned and unloaded on the Helcat.
"Nice try, but my tail has a mounted shield generator," smiled Iris as the bullets rebounded off.
"Very good," the pilot smiled. The rifle soon stopped and the Helcat disengaged its shield and ran around back to the Elephander's left side. Iris then slid and turned then fired off her 15-missile strike. The large missile flew high up and then broke open into 15 missiles that barraged the Elephander. The elephant zoid raised its trunk up and quickly the shield was engaged, blocking all the missiles.
"Now's my chance!" laughed Iris as the Helcat unloaded its gattling rifle on to the Elephander's lower area.
"As you said, nice try!" the Elephander's pilot laughed. The elephant zoid's ears opened up and another shield under it engaged.
"No way!" cried Iris angered. Soon the Elephander brought down its trunk.
"Can your shield be used as a weapon too?!" happily questioned the pilot. Then the shield condensed at the tip of the trunk and was quickly fired off in a beam. The Helcat quickly engaged its own shield but the beam broke through and pushed the zoid into the canyon's wall.
"AHHHOWW!" cried Iris as the beam pummeled her and her zoid.
"Ready to surrender?" asked the pilot in a cocky voice.
"NO WAY! SEVEN BLADE SLASH!" cried Ace as the Ligar 0 Schneider slammed into the left side of the Elephander. The Elephander fell on to its right side, and the Ligar flipped over the enemy zoid and landed on its side after the collision. "Ah, you okay Iris?" Ace asked as the Ligar 0 quickly got back onto its feet.
"Ow, yeah just a little shaken up. I thought you were out of the battle," Iris questioned.
"Nope, just lay'n low!" Ace smiled. "But what now? It'll take him a while to get up. And worst of all, all seven of the Schneider's blades are broken," he explained as the two ran from the fallen Elephander.
"Use the Dual system," suggested Iris.
"The Dual-system?" questioned Ace as the two stopped some distance from their enemy.
"The Dual will allow you to use two armor units at once," Iris explained quickly.
"Great!" Ace cried.
"But this system is untested. In theory it will work, but I don't know in real combat," Iris added.
"No need to worry!" Ace said with a happy smile as he turned the Ligar 0 toward the Hover Cargo. "Jessie, prepare the Jager and the Panzer for Dual transformation!"
"Are you sure?" replied Jessie.
"Bit did say that he won with both the Jager and the Panzer. So let's double our chances of winning!" Ace cried in an excited tone.
"Roger!" responded Jessie. The Ligar 0 quickly boarded the gate. "Ligar 0, secured on maintenance deck!" Ace turned then pulled the controls. Soon robot arms came and removed the Zero armor.
"Your new system is called, Jagenzer!" Ace cried. He turned the controls back up and pushed. The Hover Cargo's walls spun then soon stopped. The doors opened on both sides. Then robot arms came out and reconnected armor. The blue Jager engines and fore leg armor were equipped. Next came the green back legs and sides of the Panzer. The green Panzer faceplates were connected as well as a Hybrid cannon attached in between the two blue Jager engines.
"Ligar 0 Jagenzer, CAS complete!" Jessie said over the intercom. The launcher then opened as the Ligar was lifted up.
"Go JAGENZER!" Ace yelled. The Ligar landed and ran toward Iris and the Elephander.
As the Elephander was rising to its feet, Iris barraged it with bullets. "Damb that boy and his Ligar! He actually damaged the side of the Elephander," the pilot said angrily as he brought the Elephander back to its feet.
"You better stay down if ya know what's good for ya!" Iris yelled as she unloaded rounds from her gattling rifle.
"Girly, I'm VERY tired of you!" the Elephander pilot said as his zoid got back up. "Now, take this! STRIKE STEEL CLAW!" The tip of the Elephander's trunk opened into a large, four-clamp claw. The trunk the quickly extended and grabbed the Helcat.
"Ah! He's got me!" Iris called as she pulled back on the controls. She tried to resist the pull of the Elephander but it was too strong.
SNAP! FIZZ!
"Oh man! The legs are giving out!" Iris reminded herself. "HELLLLLLP!" Soon the pulling stopped. "Huh? What happened?" Iris then saw the Elephander had nearly caught itself from a devastating attack. "Ace!" she cried happily.
"The Hybrid cannon is great!" Ace remarked as the Ligar 0 charged forward.
"I'm going to get you back kid!" the Elephander pilot angrily said as the Elephander turned toward the charging Ligar 0. "STRIKE PLASMA CLAW!" The claw began to glow green and was extended toward the Ligar 0 Jagenzer.
"See ya!" Ace replied with a smile as he angled the controls. The Jager engines tuned to the left and the Ligar 0 was shot sideways, dodging the attack. The engines were quickly cut and the Ligar 0 stopped on the left side of the Elephander. "Here's the area I weakened you in! Take this! HYBRID CANNON… FIRE!" The Hybrid cannon charged up and then fired at the open part of the Elephander. The lower left boosters on the elephant zoid engaged and the zoid turned only a little before it was hit. "Got ya!" Ace said happily. The Elephander was now limping.
"Dang it! He damaged the left fore leg!" the pilot yelled in a rage. He then unloaded all the missiles in the missile pod atop the Elephander. The Ligar 0 engaged its Jager ion boosters and dodged the missiles.
"My turn!" responded Ace as he pushed a button on the controls. "LIGHTING BANG!" While still running, the Panzer missile pods opened up and unleashed their destructive power.
Numerous missiles and explosions barraged the Elephander. For some time, thick, gray smoke covered the canyon arena. After some minutes of waiting, a surprise came to the last two Max team pilots. The Elephander was still standing, but with little armor remaining. "CRAP! He stripped me of all my armor!" yelled the pilot of the Elephander. "STRIKE STEEL CLAW!" The four-pronged claw was shot out of the smoke and clamped onto the left hind leg of the Ligar 0.
"AH! He's still up!?" Ace cried in surprise as the Ligar was being dragged toward the sharp tusks.
"Hang in there Ace!" called Iris as she fired off her gattling rifle at the trunk.
"Stay out of this woman!" the Elephander pilot called as he shot off his missile launcher. The Helcat soon fell to the ground immobile.
"Ace, you're on your own now!" Iris informed Ace who was only two feet from the Elephander's sharp tusks.
"Dang it! What do we do Ligar?" Ace called to the Ligar. The Ligar 0 then roared loud. Right after that the Ligar's screen flashed "Jager" and the heavy green Panzer armor was ejected off. The Elephander jerked back to find that only an armor piece was in its claw and the Ligar 0 was running free. "Oh I see Ligar! You took off the Panzer armor and changed back to Jager! Great idea!" Ace happily said. The ion boosters then engaged and the Ligar 0 shot off and made a sharp U-turn back toward the half-fallen Elephander. "Now for the final blow! STRIKE LASER CLAW!" Ace called out as the Ligar's fore legs began to glow yellow and it jumped high into the air.
"N… no! I can't lose!" the stunned Elephander pilot cried in sorrow. The Ligar 0 Jager quickly struck and the elephant zoid fell hard to the ground immobile.
Blairrrrre! "WwwwwWHAT!?" yelled the dark judge. "No, No, No, NO! Ohhhhhhh. The… the winner…. the winner is the Max team. ARGHHHHHH!" the judge jumped up and down in a rage.
"Oh yeah! Oh yeah!" chanted the Doc happily. "We won again! We won again! More, more money!"
"Alright!" cried Ace as the Ligar 0 roared in victory.
A screen in a restaurant zeroed in on the Ligar 0 and numerous people cheered. On person sat back, holding his drink and smiled. "So, the Ligar 0 was able to defeat even the mighty Elephander, huh?" the person said as the took a sip of his juice. "Well then, I guess it has the right to have my audience. And hopefully participate against me," smiled the person.
"And I shall test it. For the Ligar 0 does seem to be my long awaited counter part," smiled another person sitting next to the first.
NEXT TIME:
Hey guys its your favorite girl, Iris! It seems my family wants in on my team's action. And it seems my uncle (Harry Champ) has gotten my brother to lead his new Champ team. This should prove to be a good fight! WHAT?! Leo's aunt, Leena, is the prize?! I think money would be better. But anyway, Next time on Zoids X:
THE LOVE BATTLE-ENTER THE NEW CHAMP TEAM
Ready… FIGHT!
RETURN OF THE ELEPHANDER-THE MIX MATCH
"BUSTER SLASH!" Ace yelled as the Ligar 0 Schneider cut a Rev Raptor's leg and arm off.
Blairrrrre! "The battle is over, the battle is over! The winner is, the Max team!" announced the judge.
"YEAH! WOO HOO!" cheered Ace. "These optional parts for the Ligar are great Doc! So far this Schneider is the best!"
"Glad for ya Ace! Now come back in warriors and celebrate!" answered the Doc. All three of the Zoid warriors headed back toward the Hover Cargo and soon returned to the Taros base. The three warriors then pigged out on food fit for winners!
"Ah!" sighed Leo. "Winning is so filling!"
"I couldn't agree more," smiled Ace stuffing one more roll into his mouth.
"Well I shouldn't eat anymore. I've got to watch this great girlish figure of mine!" Iris added as she walked out the door of the dinning room. "I'll catch you two later." Leo's eyes strayed toward Iris' butt. "I like that butt," Leo smiled as the door began to close. "What do you think A..? Uh Ace?"
"T…t… Tums. Need Tums," Ace whimpered in a sickly voice.
"Sad really," replied Leo as he approached the medicine cabinet. Later, after a two-hour nap, Ace was walking around aimlessly and hands on his head like always. He entered one of the rooms that had computer screens everywhere. There he found Jessie and a man that resembled her.
"I guess that's Jessie's dad, Jamie," Ace thought. Ace walked over and peered at the screen and holograms the two were looking at.
"Hi Ace," replied Jessie looking up. "So you're awake."
"Yep!" answered Ace with a smile. "What are you two looking at?"
"Battle data that the ZBC (Zoid Battle Commission) has released," the girl responded looking back down.
"Hello, I don't believe we've met yet," the man smiled as he looked up. "I'm Jessie's father, Jamie."
"Yeah, weren't you the Blitz team's old tactical officer?" Ace asked as he shook Jamie's hand.
"You bet," smiled Jamie turning back to the holograms and keyboard.
"What kind of data are you looking at?" questioned Ace looking down as well.
"Data on the new and upgraded Elephander," Jessie responded. "The Back Draft group called us up earlier and set up an unsanctioned battle with us for tomorrow."
"Why did you accept?" Ace questioned as he stood up.
"WE didn't, Doc did. The prize money was set to be six times the usual amount," informed Jessie.
"Wow! That's great!" remarked Ace excitedly.
"That's if we win," Jessie added with a gloomy look.
"Why do you say that?" Ace asked still jumping for joy at the thought of the money.
"The money is great but, if they win they'll confiscate our zoids," answered Jessie.
"Then we'll just have to win," Ace said with a smile.
"Easier said then done," Jamie butted in. "The Elephander is twice as powerful then when the Ligar 0 last fought it. Much more. And I don't think the Ligar can win, even with its optional components."
"I'm sure the Schneider will do the trick!" Ace answered. "Never give up hope!"
"Nope, Schneider won't do in this battle," Bit stated as he entered the room.
"Hey Bit! What do you mean by that?" asked Ace.
"The last times I fought the Elephander, the Jager won once, the Schneider tied and lost, and won with the Panzer," explained Bit as he plopped down in one of the chairs.
"Then I'll just use the Panzer!" Ace replied.
"One thing I've learned about the Back Draft group, is that they always learn from their mistakes," Bit added.
"Unlike someone in here," smiled Jamie.
"Ah don't worry guys!" Ace remarked. "I'll find out a way. Hey anybody seen Iris?"
"I saw her hanging around the zoid hanger, but not too sure," answered Bit.
"How about Leo?" Ace asked.
"I think around the zoid area too," replied Jessie. "Why Leo?"
"Cause where Leo is, you can bet Iris is there too," Ace said with a smile as he darted out the door. Ace headed quickly toward the zoid hanger and sure enough found Leo sitting on a large crate next to the Ligar 0. "Hey Leo, what are you doing?" Ace questioned as he walked up to Leo.
"I was about to read my poem to my beloved," Leo whispered. "Until you interrupted."
"Sorry. So where is Iris anyway?" asked Ace as he looked around scratching his head. Leo pointed at the cockpit of the Ligar 0. Ace walked to the side to get a better look and saw Iris' feet poking up from the cockpit. "Hey Iris," Ace called up to the girl. Iris' head soon poked up. And as soon as she saw Ace, Iris hopped out of the Ligar 0's cockpit and climbed down its left fore leg.
"Ace I'm glad you came," smiled Iris as she wiped oil from her face with a towel.
"What for?" Ace asked with a puzzled look on his face and his hands back on his head.
"Well, we have a battle tomorrow with the Back Draft group's Elephander and," Iris began.
"Yeah I know about it. Jessie filled me in on it," interrupted Ace.
"Good, saves me some trouble. Well, since the Elephander has had major upgrades, I've decided to give your Ligar 0 the same courtesy."
"What do you mean?" Ace asked puzzled even more.
"I've taken the liberty in upgrading your Ligar 0 so that you could combat the Elephander," replied Iris happily.
"Well thanks!" Ace answered excitedly. "But what kind of upgrades?"
"Well for starters, I increased the stabilizers' resistance. So they won't over heat as quickly as they use to when the Ligar 0 used the Panzer armor," Iris explained. "Next, are you familiar with the CAS?"
"The Conversion Armor System? Yeah of coarse. That's the system that helps transform Ligar into the different armor units," answered Ace.
"Well, you know how you have only been able to use one armor at a time? That's about to change! I've been installing a new system that will eventually allow you to use the three armor units all at once," Iris explained.
"Wow! That sounds cool! I want to use that in the next battle!" Ace happily said.
"Yeah but there's just one problem," Iris added.
"Oh man," replied Ace in a disappointed voice. "What's the catch?"
"Well I haven't finished the Tri-CAS program yet. The Ligar has the ability to transform with all its armors, but not the system to do it," Iris said.
"So I can't use it yet?" Ace asked sadly.
Nope," frowned Iris. Ace then moped back to his room to rest up.
The next day eventually came. The Hover Cargo drove up to the battlefield. The battlefield was in a narrow canyon. "This doesn't look good. This narrow area won't allow the Ligar 0 to use its mobility to its full potential," Jessie said in a disappointed voice.
"Don't worry, I won't really need that much room," Ace said over the intercom. "I'm using the Schneider not Jager."
"But don't you remember what Bit said?" questioned Jessie harshly.
"Yeah. So I had Iris increase the output on the Schneider's head engines and reinforce the blades of it as well," Ace added.
"Okay, enough. Ace is going with the Schneider," Doc concluded. "Prepare to launch!" The Three zoids launched and waited for their enemy. A Whale King soon landed and the mouth opened up. A large trunk soon appeared and then a foot. Soon an elephant zoid appeared and blew its horn. After the zoid had appeared, a loud crash followed. "A dark judge," stated Doc. Next a dome was engaged.
"Battle field set up. The Max team verses the Elephander team," the dark judge said after the capsule had opened. "Battle mode 0-9-9-9. Ready… FIGHT!"
"Ready? Let's go Ligar!" Ace yelled as the five face blades flipped over the Ligar 0's face.
"Everyone, here's the plan! Leo, Iris you two attack from the sides, Ace you attack from straight forward," Jessie commanded.
"Roger!" the warriors replied. The Helcat and Shield Ligar ran toward the sides and the Ligar 0 charged forward.
"Let's strike quick and fast! BUSTER SLASH!" Ace yelled. The Ligar 0 engaged its head boosters and sped up. Soon it delivered its attack. SCREEEECH! The Ligar 0 landed on its belly. "Ah! What happened Ligar?"
"HA! The Elephander is equipped with extremely thick armor. So your attack tore through the first layer, but wasn't able to cut the second," the Elephander pilot said with a smile.
"Well then, let's see how good your defense is from the right!" Leo said as his Shield Ligar lunged toward the Elephander. "SHIELD STRIKE!"
But just as the Shield Ligar neared the elephant zoid, a side ion booster on the lower half of the Elephander engaged. The Elephander pivoted on its right fore leg. Then a blade on the right side of the Elephander whipped out and the Elephander reared up its right side.
"AHHHHH!" screamed Leo as his zoid flew into the blade. The Shield Ligar fell to the ground with its lower neck armor sliced in half. Then the Elephander's tail flicked up and unloaded rounds from a double barrel 45-mm laser gun mounted atop it. BOOM! The gattling rifle of the Helcat soon destroyed the laser gun.
"Leo, you okay?" Iris asked.
"No!" Leo yelled in anger as he slammed his fist on the controls. "My command system is frozen!"
"You bad little girl," the Elephander pilot said as an assault gattling rifle turned and unloaded on the Helcat.
"Nice try, but my tail has a mounted shield generator," smiled Iris as the bullets rebounded off.
"Very good," the pilot smiled. The rifle soon stopped and the Helcat disengaged its shield and ran around back to the Elephander's left side. Iris then slid and turned then fired off her 15-missile strike. The large missile flew high up and then broke open into 15 missiles that barraged the Elephander. The elephant zoid raised its trunk up and quickly the shield was engaged, blocking all the missiles.
"Now's my chance!" laughed Iris as the Helcat unloaded its gattling rifle on to the Elephander's lower area.
"As you said, nice try!" the Elephander's pilot laughed. The elephant zoid's ears opened up and another shield under it engaged.
"No way!" cried Iris angered. Soon the Elephander brought down its trunk.
"Can your shield be used as a weapon too?!" happily questioned the pilot. Then the shield condensed at the tip of the trunk and was quickly fired off in a beam. The Helcat quickly engaged its own shield but the beam broke through and pushed the zoid into the canyon's wall.
"AHHHOWW!" cried Iris as the beam pummeled her and her zoid.
"Ready to surrender?" asked the pilot in a cocky voice.
"NO WAY! SEVEN BLADE SLASH!" cried Ace as the Ligar 0 Schneider slammed into the left side of the Elephander. The Elephander fell on to its right side, and the Ligar flipped over the enemy zoid and landed on its side after the collision. "Ah, you okay Iris?" Ace asked as the Ligar 0 quickly got back onto its feet.
"Ow, yeah just a little shaken up. I thought you were out of the battle," Iris questioned.
"Nope, just lay'n low!" Ace smiled. "But what now? It'll take him a while to get up. And worst of all, all seven of the Schneider's blades are broken," he explained as the two ran from the fallen Elephander.
"Use the Dual system," suggested Iris.
"The Dual-system?" questioned Ace as the two stopped some distance from their enemy.
"The Dual will allow you to use two armor units at once," Iris explained quickly.
"Great!" Ace cried.
"But this system is untested. In theory it will work, but I don't know in real combat," Iris added.
"No need to worry!" Ace said with a happy smile as he turned the Ligar 0 toward the Hover Cargo. "Jessie, prepare the Jager and the Panzer for Dual transformation!"
"Are you sure?" replied Jessie.
"Bit did say that he won with both the Jager and the Panzer. So let's double our chances of winning!" Ace cried in an excited tone.
"Roger!" responded Jessie. The Ligar 0 quickly boarded the gate. "Ligar 0, secured on maintenance deck!" Ace turned then pulled the controls. Soon robot arms came and removed the Zero armor.
"Your new system is called, Jagenzer!" Ace cried. He turned the controls back up and pushed. The Hover Cargo's walls spun then soon stopped. The doors opened on both sides. Then robot arms came out and reconnected armor. The blue Jager engines and fore leg armor were equipped. Next came the green back legs and sides of the Panzer. The green Panzer faceplates were connected as well as a Hybrid cannon attached in between the two blue Jager engines.
"Ligar 0 Jagenzer, CAS complete!" Jessie said over the intercom. The launcher then opened as the Ligar was lifted up.
"Go JAGENZER!" Ace yelled. The Ligar landed and ran toward Iris and the Elephander.
As the Elephander was rising to its feet, Iris barraged it with bullets. "Damb that boy and his Ligar! He actually damaged the side of the Elephander," the pilot said angrily as he brought the Elephander back to its feet.
"You better stay down if ya know what's good for ya!" Iris yelled as she unloaded rounds from her gattling rifle.
"Girly, I'm VERY tired of you!" the Elephander pilot said as his zoid got back up. "Now, take this! STRIKE STEEL CLAW!" The tip of the Elephander's trunk opened into a large, four-clamp claw. The trunk the quickly extended and grabbed the Helcat.
"Ah! He's got me!" Iris called as she pulled back on the controls. She tried to resist the pull of the Elephander but it was too strong.
SNAP! FIZZ!
"Oh man! The legs are giving out!" Iris reminded herself. "HELLLLLLP!" Soon the pulling stopped. "Huh? What happened?" Iris then saw the Elephander had nearly caught itself from a devastating attack. "Ace!" she cried happily.
"The Hybrid cannon is great!" Ace remarked as the Ligar 0 charged forward.
"I'm going to get you back kid!" the Elephander pilot angrily said as the Elephander turned toward the charging Ligar 0. "STRIKE PLASMA CLAW!" The claw began to glow green and was extended toward the Ligar 0 Jagenzer.
"See ya!" Ace replied with a smile as he angled the controls. The Jager engines tuned to the left and the Ligar 0 was shot sideways, dodging the attack. The engines were quickly cut and the Ligar 0 stopped on the left side of the Elephander. "Here's the area I weakened you in! Take this! HYBRID CANNON… FIRE!" The Hybrid cannon charged up and then fired at the open part of the Elephander. The lower left boosters on the elephant zoid engaged and the zoid turned only a little before it was hit. "Got ya!" Ace said happily. The Elephander was now limping.
"Dang it! He damaged the left fore leg!" the pilot yelled in a rage. He then unloaded all the missiles in the missile pod atop the Elephander. The Ligar 0 engaged its Jager ion boosters and dodged the missiles.
"My turn!" responded Ace as he pushed a button on the controls. "LIGHTING BANG!" While still running, the Panzer missile pods opened up and unleashed their destructive power.
Numerous missiles and explosions barraged the Elephander. For some time, thick, gray smoke covered the canyon arena. After some minutes of waiting, a surprise came to the last two Max team pilots. The Elephander was still standing, but with little armor remaining. "CRAP! He stripped me of all my armor!" yelled the pilot of the Elephander. "STRIKE STEEL CLAW!" The four-pronged claw was shot out of the smoke and clamped onto the left hind leg of the Ligar 0.
"AH! He's still up!?" Ace cried in surprise as the Ligar was being dragged toward the sharp tusks.
"Hang in there Ace!" called Iris as she fired off her gattling rifle at the trunk.
"Stay out of this woman!" the Elephander pilot called as he shot off his missile launcher. The Helcat soon fell to the ground immobile.
"Ace, you're on your own now!" Iris informed Ace who was only two feet from the Elephander's sharp tusks.
"Dang it! What do we do Ligar?" Ace called to the Ligar. The Ligar 0 then roared loud. Right after that the Ligar's screen flashed "Jager" and the heavy green Panzer armor was ejected off. The Elephander jerked back to find that only an armor piece was in its claw and the Ligar 0 was running free. "Oh I see Ligar! You took off the Panzer armor and changed back to Jager! Great idea!" Ace happily said. The ion boosters then engaged and the Ligar 0 shot off and made a sharp U-turn back toward the half-fallen Elephander. "Now for the final blow! STRIKE LASER CLAW!" Ace called out as the Ligar's fore legs began to glow yellow and it jumped high into the air.
"N… no! I can't lose!" the stunned Elephander pilot cried in sorrow. The Ligar 0 Jager quickly struck and the elephant zoid fell hard to the ground immobile.
Blairrrrre! "WwwwwWHAT!?" yelled the dark judge. "No, No, No, NO! Ohhhhhhh. The… the winner…. the winner is the Max team. ARGHHHHHH!" the judge jumped up and down in a rage.
"Oh yeah! Oh yeah!" chanted the Doc happily. "We won again! We won again! More, more money!"
"Alright!" cried Ace as the Ligar 0 roared in victory.
A screen in a restaurant zeroed in on the Ligar 0 and numerous people cheered. On person sat back, holding his drink and smiled. "So, the Ligar 0 was able to defeat even the mighty Elephander, huh?" the person said as the took a sip of his juice. "Well then, I guess it has the right to have my audience. And hopefully participate against me," smiled the person.
"And I shall test it. For the Ligar 0 does seem to be my long awaited counter part," smiled another person sitting next to the first.
NEXT TIME:
Hey guys its your favorite girl, Iris! It seems my family wants in on my team's action. And it seems my uncle (Harry Champ) has gotten my brother to lead his new Champ team. This should prove to be a good fight! WHAT?! Leo's aunt, Leena, is the prize?! I think money would be better. But anyway, Next time on Zoids X:
THE LOVE BATTLE-ENTER THE NEW CHAMP TEAM
Ready… FIGHT!