The sun was high in the sky by the time the Blitz Team's Hover Cargo reached their designated battlefield.

"Leon…ready to mobilize the Blade Liger!" and he launched out of the hatch.  The Gun Sniper was lifted up onto the pad.

"Leena…ready to mobilize Gun Sniper!"

She felt an uneasiness as she landed, and her hands were shaking slightly as she gripped the controls.  Leena cleared her thoughts and remembered the kiss that Bit had given her before they'd mobilized their zoids.  He'd melted her heart within a few seconds and told her to be careful; it had given her all the strength she'd needed.

Meanwhile, down on the maintenance deck, Bit was busy getting Liger Zero ready for battle.

"Liger…activating the system…JAGER!"

At his command, the electronic arms removed Liger's armor and installed the streaky, blue armor of the Jager.  Bit's chair leaned back to give him additional support, and his zoid was lifted up to the launching pad.

"Liger Zero Jager…CAS complete!" Jamie confirmed over the loudspeaker.

"GO JAGER!!!"

Bit roared out onto the battlefield to join his teammates.

Ten minutes passed by, and there was no sign of the Champ Team.  Just then, a red Whale King appeared on the horizon.  It landed about two miles from the Hover Cargo, and two zoids exited from the mouth.  They were two Iron Kongs.

"Whoa, hold on a minute, I see only two zoids," Leena gasped.

Suddenly, the judge satellite crashed into the ground.

"Battle approved…battle approved…the Blitz Team versus the Champ Team.  Battle mode 0999.  READY…FIGHT!!!"

The Iron Kongs charged straight at the Blitz Team.

"What's going on here?  Aren't there supposed to be three zoids?" Bit asked rather confused.

"What's the matter, Bit, are you afraid?" Harry's face popped up on their vidscreens.

"I'm not afraid of anything, you bastard."

"Ah Leena…how wonderful to see you again." She suddenly felt very noxious. "It's too bad that we were interrupted last time."

"Shut-up!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, "You raped me, you arrogant son of a bitch!  I never want to see your face again, do you hear me?"

By now she was shaking – not in fear but in anger; rage was boiling in her veins.

"You heard my sister, Harry, you're not gonna lay one finger on her every again!" Leon said fervently.

"Well…aren't we confident.  Why don't we make a wager then?  Whoever wins the battle has rights to Leena?"

"I have a better idea," Bit interrupted with a wide smirk.

"If it isn't the hero himself?" Harry spat angrily. "What could you possibly offer me?"

"Leave Leena out of this battle; this is between you and me.  Whoever loses this battle has to leave zoid battles…forever!"

Everyone gasped at his statement.

"My…my…you're a brave man, Bit Cloud.  You will never defeat me!"

"What do you say, you pompous jackass?" Harry growled at him through the screen.

"I accept, Bit, but you better live up to the end of the bargain when you lose."

"Let's dance!"

The Iron Kongs charged towards the Blitz Team; their speed increasing as they approached.

"Leon…you there!"

"What is it, Bit?"

"I got an idea.  Hey Leena, you up for some target practice?" A smug smile crossed her lips.

"You bet I am."

"All right, listen up, on my signal, I want you to fire a full barrage exactly one hundred meters ahead of the Iron Kongs," Bit began.

"Are you crazy?  I'll completely miss them!" she protested.

"That's right, but it'll provide a smokescreen which is what I want.  Leon, I'm going to take Liger straight through them.  Jager's laser claw isn't strong enough to cut through their armor, but your laser blades are.  I want you to follow me in.  When I shoot in between them, they'll turn to follow my movements; that'll give you a chance to slice them both at once."

"That's ingenious, Bit!" Jamie said over the com.

"So, there is a brain inside that head of yours," Brad laughed.  Bit glared at him but quickly returned his mind to the battlefield.

"Okay…are you both ready?"

"Ready," Leon and Leena answered.

"Let's do it!"

Liger charged full-steam toward its opponents, and Leon followed closely behind.  Within thirty seconds, the two were within range of their targets.

"Get ready, Leena…and fire!" Bit ordered.

"WEASEL UNIT TOTAL ASSAULT!"

The Gun Sniper unleashed its full barrage, and the shells landed exactly where they were supposed.  The explosion caused the Iron Kongs to slow down, and Bit made his move.  He gunned the Jager's ion thrusters into full throttle and roared into the smoke.  Ten seconds later, Leon followed him.

Bit emerged from the cloud of smoke and zipped directly between the two beefy zoids.  Just as he'd predicted, they turned to follow his movements; it was Leon's turn now.

"BLADE ATTACK!"

The Blade Liger extended its blades, and its booster kicked into overdrive.  The blades charged up with energy and slashed through the sides of both Iron Kongs.  It took out the joint sockets at the top of the legs, and the heavy zoids crashed to the ground.

Bit and Leon brought their zoids to a halt and surveyed their work with satisfied smiles.

"Scratch two Iron Kongs," Leon said firmly.

"That was too easy," Bit said worriedly. "Even Harry has more skill than that."

"Ha…ha…ha…ha…ha…" A loud cackled interrupted their conversation.

A black Whale King appeared in the sky.  It had been under the guise of a stealth shield and was completely invisible.

"That's Layon's voice!" Leena gasped.  Sure enough, Layon appeared on their screens.

"Well Tauros, it's time to settle the score once and for all.  You're going to pay dearly."

"Dammit Layon, I don't have time to mess around with you today," Doc said angrily.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake, and the Blitz Team had to steady themselves.  About a half mile away, the earth exploded upwards, and something emerged from underground.

"Now Tauros, I give you my finest accomplishment…the Cerberus!"

As the dust settled, you could see a massive zoid had emerged.  It had three giant heads that looked very much like Zabre Fangs and nasty looking claws.  It had to be at least ten times the size of any of the Blitz Team's zoids.  There were twin laser guns mounted on its back, and a triple-barrel cannon on its underbelly.

"What in the world is that?" Leena gasped.  Harry's face once again appeared on her screen.

"Leena, my darling, how do you like my new zoid?"

"You're piloting it!" Bit interrupted.

"Of course.  Dr. Layon heard about my plight to rescue my precious Leena from you.  She is mine and no one else's!"

"Layon, how could you help this bastard?  Don't you realize what he did?" Leon said angrily.

"Layon!" Doc broke in, his face taking up most of the view screen.

"I don't want to talk to you, Tauros."

"Fine, but you're going to listen.  You think that Harry loves her…then why did he rape her!" he shouted.

Layon, who had been eating a cup of noodles, spit it out onto his control panel.

"What did you say?"

"Harry raped her, you ignorant jerk!" Doc growled angrily.  Layon's face turned ghostly white.

"That's impossible; you're lying!" He switched his communications to Harry's channel.

"Explain yourself at once!"

"Leena is mine and has always been mine; I took her because she belongs to me."

"You lying son of a bitch.  You told me that Bit was the one who hurt her – not you."

While they were arguing, Jamie was busying retrieving the data disc from their security cameras.  He'd recently discovered that the cameras had recorded what had happened on the night Leena had been assaulted.

"Doc, tell Layon you can prove Harry raped Leena," he advised.

"Layon, listen to me, Jamie is sending you a copy of our security footage; this is what really happened to Leena."

Dr. Layon received the transmission in a matter of seconds, and his eyes widened in horror.  He could clearly see Harry holding Leena to the ground, and she screaming 'no…no…no' over and over again.  Then someone screamed 'take your damn hands off her'.  Bit tackled Harry onto the ground, and Leena curled up into a ball.

"What have I done?"

"Enough talking, Bit, it's time to settle this once and for all!"

"My thoughts exactly, Harry." Liger roared in agreement.

"You don't stand a chance against my Cerberus."

"We'll see about that!  Let's get 'em, Liger!"

Liger Zero charged at the Cerberus at full speed, but the mighty zoid didn't move.

"He's just sitting there," Leon said confused.

"All right, Liger, get ready…let's take 'em down."

When Liger Zero was about a quarter of a mile away, the Cerberus raised its laser cannons and fired.  Bit gunned his thrusters to accelerate past them, but the turrets speed increased to match his acceleration, and he was drilled head on by several laser blasts.

"Bit!" Leena shouted as she saw him go down.

"You're gonna pay for that!" she growled.

The Gun Sniper advanced on its enemy, and Leena fired everything she had at the Cerberus.  When the smoke cleared, an energy shield had formed around the three-headed beast, and it was completely unscathed.

"Dammit, not even a scratch."

"Hang back a minute, Leena, this zoid's no pushover," Leon advised her.

Inside Liger Zero, Bit shook the cobwebs and rubbed his head.

"Liger, you okay?" His zoid growled slightly. "All right, let's try that again."

"Look, Bit's back on his feet," Leon said with relief in his voice.

"You okay?" Leena asked worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine – just a bad headache."

"Guys, listen to me, you need to attack it as one; it's gonna take all your firepower to beat it!" Jamie advised.

"He's right, everybody, this one's gonna require a 'team' effort," Leon added.

"All right, I'll act as a decoy and draw his attention," Bit stated, "He wants me the worst anyway."

Liger Zero began another charge at the Cerberus, and Bit continued to turn up his throttle.  Once again, the lasers were fired as he accelerated, but at the last moment, he pushed his thrusters to full power and roared past the explosion.

"Let's do it, Liger." The claws on his zoid began to glow, and he leapt into the air.

"STRIKE LASER CLAW!"

The Cerberus brought its shield to ward his attack, but they weren't finished yet.

"WEASEL UNIT TOTAL ASSAULT!" Leena fired everything she had left and pummeled the opposite side of the shield.

Bit continued to press his claw against the shield and finally the energy broke from the strain.  He aimed directly at the central head, but he was about to hit a serious obstacle.  The two heads on the sides reached out and wrapped their jaws around Liger Zero.  The zoid roared as the fangs penetrated the Jager's armor.

"Let him go!" Leena shouted in horror.

Leon charged forward and extended his blades.  The Blade Liger rammed into the side of the Cerberus, and its left blade collided with the left leg joint of the Cerberus.  The collision forced it to release Liger Zero, and Bit managed to jump away from any further attack.  However, the left blade on Leon's zoid had been severed by the Cerberus' armor and now lay useless on the ground.

"I don't believe it; I can't cut through that thing!"

"Nothing can cut through it," a familiar voice interrupted.

"Layon…is that you?" Leena inquired.

"Yes, and I'm so sorry about this.  I thought I was helping you, but instead, I've condemned you instead.  I made my Cerberus to be more powerful than any of the Liger's armors; laser blades and cannon blasts won't scratch it.  There's nothing you can do to defeat it; it has no weaknesses."

"I have a feeling he's right," Leon gulped.

"C'mon, you guys," Bit interrupted, "We're not out of this yet."

Liger Zero was in bad shape.  One of its boosters had been badly damaged and was completely inoperable.  There was no way for Jager to reach its top speed.

"Liger…talk to me, I need you, partner!" Bit pleaded, "We can't lose this battle." He could hear his zoid respond to him.

"Are you sure, pal?  Will it really work?" Liger growled in confirmation. "All right, I believe you; let's do it."

Bit turned around and headed back to the Hover Cargo.

"Leon…buy me two minutes!"

"But Bit…you heard Layon; the Cerberus is designed to defeat every one of Liger Zero's armor units," Jamie reminded him.  The blonde-haired pilot merely ignored him.

"If you say so, Bit."

Inside the Cerberus, Harry Champ was laughing as he saw Bit retreating towards the Hover Cargo.

"Look at that coward run!" he nearly cackled.  On either side of him, Benjamin and Sebastian gazed worriedly at each other.

"Harry, we should stop this now."

"Never!  I won't stop until Bit is destroyed, and Leena is mine!"

"But Harry, we can't kill him!" Benjamin advised.

"Just watch me!" the pompous young man hissed.

'That's right, Bit Cloud, do what you want, but your fate is still going to be the same.'

The Blade Liger launched another attack against the Cerberus, but as Leon leapt into the air, its cannon fired and knocked him head over heels back onto the ground.

"That's take care of you," Harry said triumphantly.

"Now Leena, we're all alone…" His eyes trained on the Hover Cargo, "…but first let me get rid of those meddlers."

The Cerberus opened all three of its mouths, and each extended a long, slender barrel.

"Oh no, don't tell me those are…" Leena gulped.

The ends of the barrels began to glow, and she knew what they were – charged particle cannons.