"Sir we detected an intruder in the base" reported the soldier. "Show it in the screen" ordered the captain. "Aye sir" replied the soldier as it presses a button. The screen lit up. The captain slams the table. "Damn it" cursed the captain. "Of all the men the empire and the republic have they have to send those two." Outside a Blade Liger and a Lightning Saix are in a heated battle with some Saberfangs. "Van, will you stop playing and get your mission over with " said a girl with blonde hair on the screen of the Blade Liger "Your supper is getting cold." "All right Fiona" answered Van "Hey Urbine let's get this over with." "Fine" answered the pilot of the Lightning Saix. "Besides I'm already bored with these guys." The Blade Liger made a fast turn, activated it's blades and ran towards the oncoming Saberfangs. The Saberfangs tried to get out of the way but the Liger was just too fast. The Liger's blades easily cut through the Saberfangs. The Lightning Saix took the Saberfangs one by one. The Saix would pounce on a Saberfang, destroy it and then would pounce on another one. After twenty minutes no Saberfang was left standing. "Now all we need to do is to take care of that base" said Van. They haven't moved a single inch when out of nowhere a plasma ray barely missed them and went straight towards the rebel base. A violent explosion was seen by Van and Urbine when the smoke cleared there was nothing left of the base. "Well you certainly took your time in getting here Raven" said Van. Up on the cliff near them was a red zoid, a Geno Breaker. "Hmph" replied Raven "Look who's talking." "You never change" said Van "C'mon Urbine lets go home. Well smell ya later Raven." The two zoids turned around and heads for home. The Geno Breaker is up on the cliff watching them as they leave. When they were out of sight, the Geno Breaker turned around and walked away. All three pilots are unaware of a fourth zoid watching them in the dark.

Meanwhile in a Republican base about fifteen miles from the ruins of the rebel base. "Hey there" a guard called out. "What?" answered the sentry "See anything strange out there?" the guard called out again. "No nothing unusual" answered the sentry. "Don't forget to report anything unusual" the guard called out "Aye sir" answered the sentry. The ground suddenly shook and dust rose up in the air. "What the hell was that" cursed the guard. Suddenly the gates were smashed to bits by an unknown force. "Sound the alarms" shouted the guard. The sentry quickly pulled the alaram. The whirring of the alarm was heard by everyone inside the base. Every zoid pilot quickly got into their zoids. But the zoids were met by a plasma ray out of nowhere. No zoid was left standing. In the darkness of the night a violent explosion was seen and heard. When the smoke cleared the Republican base was no more.

"Van we need you and your team here immediately, we have a code red situation" ordered Prince Rudolph. "Were going there immediately, your highness" answered Van. "Alright team we're going to Voldard." "Why? What's the emergency?" asked Moonbay "I don't know" answered Van "We'll know the answer when we get there." The foue quickly got into their zoids and headed for Voldard.

"Your Highness" called out a guard "Van and his team are here." "Bring them in" answered Prince Rudolph. Van, Fiona, Moonbay and Urbine enters the room and bows down before the prince. "All of you stand up" ordered Prince Rudolph "No need for formalities, we have an emergency." The four of them stood up. "Your Highness, what is the emergency?" asked Van. Prince Rudolph did not answer instead he turned around and pressed a button on the control panel. "I want you all to watch this." The screen lit up and . "We need reinforcements all our zoids have been wiped out. None of us knows what we are dealing with. Send some help right away. What's that? Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!" Then the screen went black. "What machine could have cause such destruction?" asked Fiona. "We don't know" answered Prince Rudolph "That's why we called you today." The screen behind Prince Rudolph suddenly lit up. "Madam President" said Van. "Van, the task of finding and destroying this deadly machine will be your new mission." ordered Madam President "Is that clear Lt. Van FlyHeight?" "Yes Ma'm" Van replied with a salute. "Then go now and save our planet like you did before" ordered Prince Rudolph. With a salute the four of them marched out of the room with the fate of planet Zi once again.

"So Van, how are we going to find this zoid?" asked Moonbay "I'm still thinking on how we're gonna find that zoid" answered Van. "We better get back to base first before we do anything else." Said Urbine. "And I'll cook some lunch when we return" piped Fiona. "All right!" said Van as he jumped into his Liger. "He never changes" said Urbine as he entered his Lightning Saix. "He's still a hungry little critter" said Moonbay as she climbed into her Gustav. Fiona jumps into her Pteras laughing. They enjoy their ride home unaware that a zoid is watching them pass by. "So the famous Van Flyheight is hunting me down" said a voice "Don't worry I'll make our battle very memorable."

Van and the others arrive at the Ultrasaurus. "Ha, home sweet home" cried Van "I can't wait to eat lunch." "Don't worry" piped Fiona "I'll make lunch immediately." "Alright!!" cried Van as he jumped out of his Liger. "Then after lunch we will have a meeting" said Urbine "That's a good idea" piped Moonbay "We still need to discuss what we're going to do in this mission." All of them went inside the Ultrasaurus all of their humor replaced by serious faces.

After lunch all of the Ultrasaurus' crew were assembled in one room. Van is on the stage and so are Moonbay, Fiona and Urbine. "You all know why all of you are called here today" said Van "We have a new and perhaps the hardest and most dangerous mission we have to finish. I am willing to hear some suggestions during this meeting." Suddenly the door opens a guard came running into the room. "Sir we received an urgent call from Voldard" reported the guard. "What is it?" asked Van. "Voldard is being attacked by an unknown zoid" reported the guard. "Everyone to your post" shouted Van "I want the Ultrasaurus to head for Voldard while we go there with our zoids." "Aye sir" said all the crew. No one was left sitting in the room. Van, Fiona and Urbine jumped into their zoids while Moonbay headed for the Ultrasaurus' control panel. The Blade Liger, Lightning Saix and Pteras arrived at Voldard but they were too late. When they were just three to four kilometers from Voldard it suddenly exploded. "No we're too late" shouted Van. "Van!! Watch out" shouted Fiona. At that very moment a plasma ray is headed for the Blade Liger. Van wasn't able to evade it but he was able to activate the Blade Liger's shield. The ray knocked the Liger back a couple of feet. Suddenly something green hit wherever the plasma ray came from. Van could feel the ray getting stronger. "Seihk!!" shouted Van. A small white ray came out from the Pteras and it hit the Blade Liger. At that very moment the ray stopped, then something took form where Voldard once stood. "What kind of zoid is that?" asked Urbine. "I have no idea" answered Fiona. Then the zoid became blurry and then it disappeared. "Where did it go?" asked Van. Suddenly the Lightning Saix fell, then the Blade Liger also fell. "What hit us?" asked Urbine. "I don't know" answered Van "But it felt like I've been run over by a hundred DiBison." "Damn it" cursed Urbine "Van my zoid's weapon just froze." "Where is that thing" asked Van. "What's the matter Van?" asked a voice "I thought you're gonna destroy me." "Who are you?" asked Van. Suddenly a zoid appeared in front of the Liger. "Why don't you quit sleeping and wake up" ordered the voice. The Liger slowly stood up. "Ha, Ha, Now that's better" said the voice. Then the zoid disappeared again. "Damn it" cursed Van "What kind of machine is that?!" Suddenly Van felt something hit his zoid and the Liger fell down. "Hm, Petty zoid" mocked the voice "Such a zoid needs to be destroyed." This time the zoid appeared but it is charging a plasma ray. "Goodbye Van Flyheight" said the voice. But before it can fire it's plasma ray something hit it and the plasma ray missed it's mark. "Too many people" said the voice "We'll continue this some other time." Then the zoid disappeared. "Damn, Damn, Damn" cursed Van as he pounds the Liger's control panel with his fist. "Van, don't worry" said Moonbay from the Ultrasaurus "The prince is alright he left Voldar after we did." But no one was listening to Moonbay.

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Finally finished with this chapter. I'll need some reviews before I continue. ^_^