"Do you get the plan Van," asked Thomas as he finished his explanation of what they were planning.

"I get it, but I don't like it too much," said Van.

"Understandable considering what you have to do," said Thomas.

"We are going to get started as soon as he comes so always be on your guard," said Thomas.

"Right," said Van, "What about Irvine are you going to tell him the plan," asked Van?

"Only me and you, and Crougar need to know the plan so that almost everyone will think what is happening is real," said Thomas, "So just make sure that you don't tell a single sole about what we are planning. Not even Fiona," said Thomas.

"I know. I won't tell anyone." Said Van.

"So you get it," asked Thomas?

"I get it," said Van.

*****

"Van isn't there so I can only guess where he is at," said Zack riding through the desert. "That could only mean that he is at that military base, but it all seems way too simple for me," he said to himself. "Oh well it does make it easier," said Zack.

*****

"Is he coming," asked Thomas walking into the control center?

"Yeah, he is," said Crougar.

"Sir I don't know why but I can't figure out what kind of zoid it is that he is using," said a soldier.

"His family could probably get their hands on anything so it is no surprise," said Crougar.

"Shall we get ready," asked Thomas?

"Yes, go and greet him," said Crougar.

*****

"Ah so this is why it was so easy. You were all planning on bringing me here," said Zack when he noticed that there was a large amount of zoids were waiting for him.

"We thought you would come if all of us were here," said Thomas.

"Well you guessed right and it saves me a lot of time searching for all of you. Now revenge for my father will happen today," said Zack.

"Your father was a lunatic and needed to be stopped," said Van.

"We will see about that. My father gave me a new zoid as a present before he died and it is more powerful than it looks. Meet the carnage blader," said Zack. Showing off his zoid. "Prepare yourself," said Zack as he took his zoid to it's max and charged at them.

Each of the zoids were able to evade most of the attacks but this new zoid was ripping through the other that couldn't move fast enough to pieces. "None of these are of any importance to me," said Zack, "It is you three that I want to kill," he continued facing his zoid towards the dibison, the lightning saix and the blade liger.

"We're honored," said Irvine sarcastically.

"You should be," said Zack.

The zoid opened its mouth and energy was brought in. "That thing has a charged Particle Beam," said Irvine.

"Not just any. This one is ten times more powerful and harder to dodge than any of the other," said Zack as the three zoids made a break for it.

Like the deathsaurer this carnage blader was capable of moving while using the Charged Particle Beam and it followed in the direction of Van. No matter how fast Van went it kept an even line with the blade liger until it was ready and fired.

*****

Fiona jumped from her sleep quickly at the feeling like something bad was happening to Van. Taking a good look to her side she noticed that her daughter was standing near her. "Is something wrong sweetie," asked Fiona as the girl sat in her lap. She appeared to be frightened by something.

"What's wrong," asked Fiona when Nicole didn't respond.

"I had a bad dream," said Nicole.

"It's ok sweetie," said Fiona trying to comfort her daughter. "What happened in the dream," asked Fiona?

"Something happened to daddy," said Nicole.

'She felt it to,' thought Fiona staring out the window nearest to her.

*****

The beam came speeding towards the blade liger and it couldn't turn fast enough. It tried to put up it shields and it stopped the beam. The Carnage Blader kept at it and the Blade liger's shields were giving out fast.

"No Van," yelled Irvine charging forward.

"Irvine wait. If you attack you will no doubt be torn apart too," said Thomas.

"I can't stand here while Van is about to die," said Irvine.

"There is nothing we can do," said Thomas.

Irvine stopped. The shields were fading fast until they gave out and the beam hit the blade liger full force on the side. It tore through the armor like it was nothing and soon the entire blade liger disappeared beneath it.

"You bastard," yelled Irvine as he charged the zoid.

"Sorry. Not today. I have other things to attend to now," said Zack as his zoid ran away.

"Come back here," yelled Irvine.

"Consider yourself lucky that I am letting you live for a few more days," said Zack as the Carnage Blader disappeared.

Thomas and Irvine jumped out of their zoids and ran to the wreckage that was once the blade liger. "How could this have happened," asked Irvine? "What is Fiona going to say when we tell her," he asked again.

"I will tell her Irvine," said Thomas.

"Are you sure," asked Irvine.

"Yeah," said Thomas.

Going back to the base after that defeat was hard on all who survived. When they did get there Thomas immediately got out of his zoid and walked out of the hanger. He came up to a door and knocked.

"Come in," came Crougars voice. Thomas walked in.

"How did it go," asked Crougar?

"Everything went according to plan," said Thomas.

*****

Fiona just sat in a chair staring at nothing holding a sleeping Nicole in her arms. 'I have a feeling like something really bad has happened to Van,' thought Fiona. It was early in the morning and she found she couldn't sleep the whole night.

A knock came at the door and Fiona was surprised that someone was here this early in the morning. She assumed that it could have been Moonbay because earlier in the day she had talked to her and Moonbay was planning on coming over since Irvine was gone too.

Setting Nicole down and listening for any noises coming form her son's room she walked to the door hearing nothing. She opened the door to see a man standing at the door.

"Can I help you," asked Fiona.

"Yes I have come to give you news about your husband Van Flyheight from Colonel Crougar," said the man.

Fiona couldn't help but get the feeling like she had seen this man from somewhere before. "What about Van," asked Fiona?

"Can I come in because it is kind of cold out here," asked the man.

"I guess," said Fiona uneasily. Fiona walked to the kitchen planning to get something to drink. "Can I get you anything," asked Fiona?

"Black coffee please," said the man.

Fiona tried to ask him about Van but he seemed to dodge the questions every time until Fiona came back into the room. When she came in she noticed that Nicole was still there.

"Let me just go put her in bed," said Fiona she went to pick her. "By the way what is your name," asked Fiona?

"It's Zack," came a voice from right behind her.

Suddenly something was placed over her mouth. "You wanted to know about your husband, it is that he is dead," said Zack. A tear fell down Fiona's face before she passed out.