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Chapter XIII: Hailstorm

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"What are we going to do?" Naomi asked. But the Koenig Wolf had other plans. Activating its foot locks, the Wolf aimed but its rifle suddenly unfolded solar panels.

This made Chioni frightened.

"Stop!" she said as she halted the Snow Cat beside the Koenig Wolf. The Wolf retracted its goggles and looked at the girl. "Enough! Hasn't there enough bloodshed?" she pleaded. The Wolf looked at the Whale Kings and back at Chioni.

Sighing, the Wolf folded the panels and lowered the rifle.

"What was that all about?" Naomi asked.

"He was going to use its satellite cannons," Chioni sighed in relief.

"Was that bad?" Naomi asked.

"Just that one blast could level a small island," Chioni said. "It's more powerful than a Deathsaurer's Super Charged Particle Gun."

"How powerful?" Leena asked through the com unit.

"Let's just say at full power it could destroy the Deathsaurer and everything surrounding it within a one mile radius." Naomi looked at her as if she was crazy.

"You said that so calmly it scared me," she said.

"You should be," Chioni said. "It was never used."

"Never used?" Doc Toros said in the radio.

"The Deathsaurer was already sealed before the plans were completed," Chioni sighed. "Even then it was deemed as extremely insane."

"We still have the problem of fighting them," Bit said as Liger Zero looked up. "And I don't think we could handle them all." Zero roared. "Easy for you to say. All we have is the Strike Laser Claw and the shot cannon. I wish we brought the CAS."

"CAS?" Chioni looked at Liger Zero thoughtfully. "Of course." Chioni jumped into the Snow Cat and Naomi followed. She looked at the Koenig Wolf, smiling. "Can you two keep them busy?"

The Wolf looked at her and had a deep growl in its throat. For an answer, it activated its goggles and looked up at the Whale Kings.

"Don't attack them in the sky. They might crash into town," Chioni said. Growling, the Wolf kicked a pile of snow towards her and she immediately closed the canopy. "Stop acting like a kid. Both of you!" she scolded. "Zero, lets go." Chioni lurched the Snow Cat and the Liger Zero followed.

"Where are we going?" Bit asked.

"Way Station Five," Chioni answered.

"What's there?" Naomi asked.

"Aside from your Gunsniper?" the girl smiled. "A surprise."

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The Committee of seven watched as their Whale Kings loomed over the battlefield.

"Liger Zero detected, sir," one of the technicians said. The Count smiled at the news but frowned as he saw another zoid that peaked his interest.

"Enlarge that picture," he ordered. The picture showed the Koenig wolf, seconds before the camera was blasted by his sniper rifle.

"I want that zoid," the count said, smiling. "Land the Whale Kings and launch our troops."

"Yes sir," the tech said and obeyed his order.

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A pair of grey eyes saw the Whale Kings land. He didn't know if he has enough energy for a fight.

But he needed to fight. He needed to fight to protect everyone. To remove sadness.

To see everyone's smile again.

Clutching his now crimson shirt, he smiled. Crimson was the color of his shirt, his hands and his hair as he transferred some of the crimson as he brushed his hair with his hands.

And now blood was on the snow.

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"What are we doing here?" Naomi asked as they entered the hangar of Way Station Five.

"You'll see," Chioni said as she stepped behind a control panel. "Bit, have Zero stand on that lift."

"Here?" he asked as Zero stood on a metal lift.

"Perfect," Chioni said. "Liger Zero secured on the maintenance lift."

Suddenly, mechanical arms came from the ceiling and removed Liger's Zero armor.

"Is this what I think it is?" Bit asked.

"Initializing Liger Zero X Hailstorm," Chioni said as a group of mechanical hands carried a blue armor and started to place it on Liger Zero.

"What is this?" Bit asked.

"This system was designed for the Liger Zero X," Chioni explained as the process was in progress. "Unfortunately we don't know where it was hidden. The armor protects Zero from the ionization field that the electromagnetic blades. The static generators on the rear charges the ionization field and electromagnetic pulse that can be shot from the EM blades."

"That's great!" Bit said enthusiastically.

"We haven't got the chance to thoroughly test it yet so be careful," Chioni said.

"What happens when a zoid touches the ion field?" Naomi asked.

"Instant command system freeze," Chioni smiled. "CAS complete. Now let's get back. I don't think he would last..." Chioni suddenly collapsed but Naomi was quicker and caught her.

"Weis?" she asked. Chioni slowly stood up and looked pleadingly at her.

"We need to get back, and fast."

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The Koenig Wolf was thrown out from a barrage of missiles. He had already taken out a third of them but he was getting weary.

But he wasn't going to give up.

He gave up once and he lost his friends.

He's going to finish this.

Even if it killed him.

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"This guy's tough," Leena said as she saw the Koenig Wolf beat another three Zaber Fangs. The Blitz team was in Harry's Whale King conducting immediate repairs. They needed to go out there and fast.

"Did he run out of bullets?" Brad asked. "He folded his gun as soon as the Whale Kings landed. He could have taken them out easily."

"It's probably because of that girl," Leon said. "It looked sullenly irritated when she talked to it."

"Blowing the Whale Kings in the sky may cause problems," Doc Toros said. "It might crash on the environmental dome."

"Whatever the reason was, that zoid is fighting like there's no tomorrow," Jamie said as he watched the Wolf's moves.

"He's ignoring the damages that he took like they were feathers on a body," Leon said. The Koenig Wolf was tearing the enemy zoids apart with its teeth and claws.

"Whoa!" Jamie's eyes widen in awe. "It's using its front foot locks as daggers." True enough, the Wolf was stabbing the enemy zoids like a rouge animal.

"I just hope he last long enough for us to get out there," Brad said as he watched the carnage.

The Koenig Wolf continued its attack, never surrendering.

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End of 13

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A/n: Hailstorm is a genuine armor system for the Liger Zero X. You know, the blue armor. Although, I'm not so sure about the name Hailstorm. I just got it from the net. The Koenig Wolf does not really have foot locks. It's a part that Weis had installed to stabilize the multi-purpose sniper rifle (also fictional although cool).

By the way. Koenig is German for King. Now saying this Weis's name also has a meaning and for does Chioni's (hers is Greek).

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