KIYO, KOMO, RICK, ZERO, AND THE ZOIDS AND ORGANOIDS WERE INSIDE THE

WHALE KING.

"WHERE TO NEXT?" KIYO ASKED STILL RUBBING HIS HEAD FROM THE BEATING

HE HAD

RECEIVED FOR EATING ALL OF THE FOOD. "WHERE DO YOU THINK WE'RE

HEADING?!

YOU ATE ALL OF THE FOOD SO NOW WE NEED MONEY TO GET MORE!" KOMO

YELLED AS

HE SMACKED KIYO ON THE HEAD AGAIN. "DID THE BLACK HOLE MESS WITH

YOUR HEAD?"

RICK ASKED. "MAYBE..." KIYO SAID. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAYBE?!" THE WEST

WIND YELLED.

"I GUESS WE SHOULD TRY TO COMPETE IN THE ZOID MASTER CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE PRIZE THIS

YEAR IS ZOID MAGNITE SHARDS AND OVER A MILLION DOLLARS." ZERO SAID.

"ZOID MAGNITE

SHARDS?" RICK ASKED. "WELL, THEY ARE LIKE THE ZOID MAGNITE ARMOR,

ONLY YOU INPUT

IT INTO THE ZOID CORE TO SUPPOSUDLY MAKE THE ZOID EVOLVE ONE LEVEL,

AND SEEING

AS WE HAVE 2 DAYS TO GET OUR ZOIDS TO EVOLVE, WE SHOULD ENTER, BUT

WE NEED TO

WAGER SOMETHING TO ENTER." KOMO REPLIED. "I HAVE AN IDEA... HOW ABOUT

WE WAGER

THE WHALE KING'S WEAPONS?" KIYO ASKED. "WELL... I GUESS WE COULD, WE

REALLY AREN'T

USING IT TO FIGHT, AND WE COULD GO FASTER." ZERO SAID. "WE WON'T LOSE,

BESIDES THE

WINNERS ALSO GET ALL OF THE WAGERED STUFF, BUT IT'S RICK'S WHALE KING,

WE GOTTA

ASK HIM." KOMO SAID. "YOU'RE RIGHT, WE WON'T LOSE, LET'S DO IT." RICK

AGREED AS HE

WALKED UP TO THE COCKPIT AND GOT THE WHALE KING INTO THE AIR AND

HEADED TO NEW

HELIC CITY. IT WAS AN HOUR BEFORE THEY ARRIVED IN NEW HELIC CITY, IT

WAS NOON WHEN

THEY ARRIVED. "FIND A SPOT TO LAND CLOSE TO THE OFFICE." KIYO INSISTED.

"I KNOW WHAT I'M

DOING." RICK REPLIED AS HE LANDED. THEY ALL GOT OUT OF THE WHALE KING,

AFTER TAKING

PICTURES OF THEIR ZOIDS, AND HEADED TO THE OFFICE OF THE ZOID

COMPETITION. "HELLO,

MAY I HELP YOU?" A MAN NAMED DEAN ASKED. "WELL, WE WANT TO SIGN UP

FOR THE COMPETITION."

KOMO REPLIED. "ALRIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU WILL PARTICIPATE?" DEAN

ASKED AS HE GRABBED

THREE PIECES OF PAPER. "JUST THE THREE OF US, THE KID'S JUST WATCHING."

KIYO SAID AS

RICK GRABBED A PILE OF PAPERS AND WHACKED KIYO WITH THEM. "I'M NOT A

KID FOR THE LAST TIME!"

RICK YELLED. "ALRIGHT, I WILL NEED THE NAME OF THE PART YOU ARE

WAGERING, YOUR NAMES,

A PICTURE OF EACH OF YOUR ZOIDS, YOUR NAMES AND TEAM NAME, AND YOUR

AGES, USE THESE

PAPERS TO WRITE DOWN THAT INFORMATION, THEN PROCEED TO THE

COMPETITOR'S ROOM,

THE YOUNG MAN WILL NEED TO GO TO THE TICKET BOOTH AND TELL ONE OF

THE PEOPLE THERE

HIS NAME AND WHAT TEAM HE'S WITH, THEY WILL DIRECT HIM TO THE TEAM'S

SPECTATOR BOOTH."

DEAN EXPLAINED AS HE HANDED THEM THE THREE PAPERS. AFTER THEY HAD

WRITTEN DOWN THEIR

INFORMATION FIVE GODOS CAME AND REMOVED THE PART THEY(OUR HEROS)

HAD WAGERED, RICK

WENT TO THE TEAM SPECTATOR BOOTH, AND KIYO, KOMO, AND ZERO GOT

THEIR ZOIDS AND ORGANOIDS

AND WENT TO THE COMPETITORS'S ROOM. AFTER FIVE MINUTES THE ZOIDS HAD

BEEN PUT INTO THEIR

SPOTS IN THE HANGAR ASSIGNED TO THEM AND ZEGA, ZEIK, BRON, KOMO,

KIYO, AND ZERO WENT TO WAIT.

"LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE." ZERO BURSTED OUT AS THEY WALKED INTO THE

COMPETITOR'S ROOM.

"THERE'S JUST... US AND ONE OTHER TEAM, WE BOTH CONSIST OF THREE

PEOPLE." KOMO SAID.

"WELL, WELL, WELL, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN KOMO." A YOUNG MAN IN A

CLOAK SAID WALKING UP BEHIND

THEM. "HUH? MAKE THAT THREE TEAMS, I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME MAX."

KOMO REPLIED AS

THEY(OUR HEROS) TURNED AROUND. "DON'T SAY THAT, I'VE HELPED YOU GET

TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY,

BUT THE THING IS, YOU ARE STILL THE WEAKEST PILOT AROUND, AND I'LL

DEFEAT YOU IN THIS COMPETITION."

MAX SAID. "YOU WISH, SEE YOU IN THE FINALS." KOMO SAID. AS MAX WALKED

AWAY TO MEET HIS TEAM IN

THEIR(MAX'S) HANGAR. "ATTENTION, WILL KOMO KAKAMA OF THE DRAGON

MASTER TEAM AND TIAM KIKANO

OF THE APE TEAM PLEASE REPORT TO THEIR HANGARS AND PREPARE FOR

BATTLE." A MAN SAID

OVER THE PA SYSTEM. "LOOKS LIKE ME AND THE LEADER OVER THERE ARE UP

FIRST." KOMO SAID

AS HE AND TIAM WALKED TO THEIR HANGARS AND GOT INTO THEIR ZOIDS.

TIAM WAS PILOTING AN

IRON KONG, KOMO, OF COURSE, WAS PILOTING HIS GENOSAURER. "IT'S TIME TO

BEGIN THE ZOIDS

MASTER CHAMPIONSHIP! THIS YEAR'S PRIZES ARE A MILLION DOLLARS AND

ZOID MAGNITE SHARDS!

THIS CHAMPIONSHIP ALSO GIVES A CHANCE FOR ZOID WARRIORS FROM

AROUND THE WORLD TO JOIN A

GROUP OF WARRIORS WITH THE SAME INTERESTS, THIS YEAR THERE ARE

THREE TEAMS, EACH WITH THREE

WARRIORS. THIS YEARS TEAMS ARE, THE DRAGON MASTER TEAM, THE APE

TEAM, AND THE WARRIOR TEAM!

OUR FIRST BATTLE IS AGAINST KOMO KAKAMA OF THE DRAGON MASTERS

TEAM AND TIAM KIKANO OF

THE APE TEAM, LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!" A MAN YELLED OVER A PA SYSTEM AS

KOMO IN THE GENOSAURER

AND ZEGA BESIDE IT AND TIAM AND HIS IRON KONG STEPPED OUT OF THEIR

HANGARS AND THE CROWD CHEERED.

"ZEGA MOBILIZE!" KOMO YELLED AS ZEGA FLEW INTO THE GENOSAURER'S

CORE. "GET READY TO LOSE KID,

NO ONE HAS EVER DEFEATED MY IRON KONG." TIAM SAID. "THEN THIS WILL BE

YOUR FIRST TIME TO LOSE IN

LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS." KOMO REPLIED AS HE FLEW INTO THE AIR AND

FIRED TWO SHOTS FROM THE

GENOSAURER'S GUN. "WHAT!?" TIAM YELLED SURPRISED AS THE BULLETS

CONNECTED WITH THE ARMS OF HIS

IRON KONG AND IT FELL TO THE GROUND AND THE WORDS "ATTACK COMMAND

SYSTEM FREEZE" APPEARED

ON HIS SCREEN. "WHAT IS THIS...?! IT'S A NEW RECORD, THIS BATTLE HAS

LASTED ONLY FIVE SECONDS, AND

IT IS OVER, LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR KOMO KAKAMA!" A MAN SAID OVER THE PA

SYSTEM AS KOMO MOVED

THE GENOSAURER TO THE HANGAR. "THESE MATCHUPS ARE A JOKE, THEY

MATCHED UP KOMO WITH THAT

GUY IN AN IRON KONG, THAT WAS THE EASIEST MATCH THEY WILL EVER

HAVE." MAX SAID.

"NEXT UP, KIYO SAKAMA VERSES SAGGI TIAMO!" A MAN SAID OVER THE PA

SYSTEM.