A/N: Well sorry about the long delay. I was on vacation for two weeks without my laptop and when I got back I had so much shit to do. Well enjoy this chapter because I enjoyed writing it. I dedicate this chapter to my four or so faithful readers. Stick with me guys this is going to be a good one if you have liked it so far.

Chapter 6: Revenge

Brad, Jamie, Bit, Kouri, Rai, Katelyn and Doc all sat in the Tauros' living room thinking about the events that occurred today. They had come back to the base on the realization that they had lost another friend. Leena and her zoid were both gone. The Backdraft had also taken anything else that would be useful for a zoid. They ransacked the house and stole all the money and took all the valuables. Now they were left with nothing but what they had in the cargo, what was on them, their zoids and busted furniture in what was left of their base.

Kase walked back into the room and placed his back to the wall opposite his friends.

"Well I called and broke up with Julia. I could not get her hurt too. I also called the school. I told them we were injured in the events today and had to be taken to a hospital in another town because this one was full. They will not be expecting us back for a while. I called my mom, told her I ran away..." Kase finished. The room was silent. The silence was unnerving, someone had to talk soon. The silence held and became more awkward by every passing minute.

"Well, looks, like we are now full time for destroying the Backdraft Group now. Anyone have any plans?" Doc asked filling the silence. Kouri jumped up with his fists balled and an angry look on his face.

"I say we go now and destroy those punks!" He shouted. "They will not be expecting us!" Kouri shouted looking for support from at least one of his friends. But he found none.

"How would we find them in the first place?" Bit asked.

"There is a tracker on all the zoids. We could find them easily enough." Katelyn said.

"But then what if they know about the trackers. That would just be risking our lives." Brad said. " And I do not think our friends would want us doing that now would they?" Brad asked and everyone agreed with a nod of his or her head.

"Well I will not sit by while our friends are being killed!" Kouri shouted obviously outraged at the situation.

"I doubt they will be killed Kouri." Kase said as he laid his head against the wall and closed his eyes.

"And how do you figure that one super genius?" Kouri asked using sarcasm as his venom.

"Because Taiko mentioned part of their plan." Kase stated calmly.

"So Taiko is in the Backdraft too then, interesting." Rai said

"He said they would die and be reborn. Then later a Backdraft soldier said that we were going to serve his master."

"So that would be why they took the zoids then, to have our friends fight us." Katelyn said.

"As good of a guess as any Katelyn, but you may be right." Doc said. "They would be the best warriors to face you, they know your weakness', as well as your strengths."

"But how in hell would the Backdraft be able to do that. Knowing that group they will not just keel over." Kouri said.

"Brainwash, threats to family, mind control... guessing is all we can do." Kase said.

"Well unlike you all I am not going to sit down and let my friends be taken from me by some maniac. They are your friends too, do you not care about them at all!" Kouri shouted to the group in front of him. Katelyn stood up and walked over and stood an inch away from his face.

"My boyfriend was taken with them. The boyfriend I have loved and been with for almost two years now. If you think I do not care you are wrong... really wrong." Katelyn said in almost a whisper as she fell back onto the couch she was sitting on and she buried her face in her hands.

"We do care Kouri but we have to be smart about this." Rai said.

"Well I do not care if you come with me or not but I am going to save my friends. It will be a lot easier to beat these maniacs with their help!" Kouri shouted and then he ran to the hangar. Then with a burst of sound Kouri took off in his Wing Liger into the air and flew from where the Backdraft had came earlier. Everyone just looked, no one moved.

"So what now, they are obviously going to get him now too. This obviously has to be a trap, and I do not particulary like the idea of being caught too." Brad said with a sigh. Bit was shocked by his comment. Almost to the point were he was outraged. He started to shake and he thought about the friends he made, and what they had done for him. And he didn't know why, but he thought of Leena and a tear came to his eye.

"Well I am going to help him. No matter what you guys think. He is a friend and I will risk my neck for him." Bit said and then he ran down to the cargo and a second later the Liger 0 in its Blade Armor ran in the direction to where Kouri flew off.

"Looks like we are stuck now, better get going." Doc said. Brad, Jamie and Katelyn followed him down to the cargo and Rai and Kase picked up the rear. "But Brad, I want you to stay in your Shadow Fox and guard the hover cargo in case anything happens."

"Thanks just take away al my fun!" He said teasingly. Everyone was in their zoids and moving when Rai and Kase had reached their zoids.

"I swear, when I get a hold of that arrogant, melodramatic, egotistical, self loving, glory seeking, careless, reckless, know it all, hentai freak Kouri...I swear I will kill him." Rai said and Kase could not help but burst out in laughter as he climbed into his zoid.

Kouri flew as fast as he could towards his destination. He brought up his computer and found the trackers and located the zoids. They were off about sixty miles away from town. It looked like it was a large open area, maybe enough room for a decent base. Well at least I found the right place. Now all I have to do is take out the biggest zoid threat in the world and save my friends who are probably not even in condition to stand on their own. Oh yeah, forgot that I am by myself, sounds like loads of fun. Kouri thought using sarcasm against himself.

As he got closer he ran into a big cloud of dirt.

"What the fuck!? I can't see shit in this place!" Kouri exclaimed as he tried to find his way out of the dirt cloud.

"Well, well, well...looks like you idiots fell for it after all." A familiar voice came over the com link. But the face was hidden from Kouri.

"Who the hell is there?" Kouri yelled back but all he got was cocky laughter.

"You can't tell Kouri? I thought you noticed me more than that."

"Stop playing damn games! Come out and fight if you are so good that you deserve so much attention." Kouri yelled still not seeing anything. But he was definitely hearing himself be surrounded. And the dirt cloud was going down. Just wait them out Kouri, He said to himself.

A missile was launched and Kouri could not find out where it was coming from. Then he heard a faint whistle and the attack came from above. Kouri dodged just in time to stay alive. The missile slammed into the ground creating a large crater and blowing the rest of the dirt away. Standing in front of him was a single Iron Kong, an Elephander, three Dibison and above him were quite a few Raynos' and Stormsworders. His radar also said that there were three more zoids. Probably Landsharks he thought. He now recognized the zoid and figured out who was talking to him earlier.

"So now the sellout Harry belongs to the Backdraft as well. Are any of the chumps with you?" Kouri asked.

"We are the champs! Get it straight pond scum!" Harry yelled.

"I may be scum but I am no sellout who sells myself to people trying to destroy our school. And maybe even the world if rumors are true."

"I would rather be on the winning side." Harry said. No one else spoke or moved. Everything was still except for the air zoids circling lazily above.

"You will not win. The ZBC will stop you." Kouri said.

"The ZBC can not stop us, the best they have ever done is slow us down." Harry cameback.

"Well then we will stop you." Kouri said.

"WE? Who is we? I only see you, where is everyone else right now?" Harry chuckled.

"They were preoccupied at the moment." Kouri said remembering the events of earlier that day.

"Well guess what Kouri, I brought one of your friends along with me today. Maybe you two can have a little reunion." Harry said and the zoids parted to reveal a huge bear zoid. Another one of Tarous' designs. It was a big slow moving grizzly bear zoid with a lot of power. And it had a large plasma gun on its back that had a 360-degree turret. And the Pilot was Ben.

"Ben! Can you hear me, it's me Kouri."

"Yes I can hear you moron. So shut the fuck up!" Ben yelled back.

"What!? Ben, help me get these guys." Kouri said.

"The only person being 'got' today will be you." Ben said as the gun on his back started to glow a deep purple as it started to charge. The gun reached its highest level of charging and now a dark purple ball swarmed around the tip of the gun. "Here's to good times friend." Ben said as he shot his blast towards Kouri.

The blast pulsed with the deep plasma energy that was discovered by Josh Cloud. The blast traveled towards the cockpit of the Wing Liger. Kouri was too shocked to even move. A friend, a close friend turned on him so easily and was now fighting with the enemy. And trying to kill Kouri. What did the Backdraft do? Whatever it was Kouri vowed he was going to destroy it.

( In the End by Linkin Park starts to play faintly in the background )

The plasma blast rushed toward Kouri and he defiantly stood his ground, staring down his opponents. In the last seconds that the blast speed for Kouri and his zoid he spread his wings and took to the air. The air zoids immediately started to descend to catch him as he traveled upward. Over the com-link he heard a curse escape from Ben's mouth and he heard Harry shouting orders.

"Air unit commence attack and destroy pilot and zoid!" He yelled. "The blast should have killed him, now it is up to you."

"You think I was just going to sit there and let an extremely large plasma blast hit me head on? And you wonder why we call you the Chumps." Kouri laughed as he speed by the attacking zoids like they were toys. He used his 180-turn maneuver, which now put him behind his attackers. He used his ion boosters to catch up to his new prey. He was the hunter and now he was coming in for the kill. He picked the Raynos as his target for it was the only one that was not a Stormsworder or a Zabat. His attack proved to be hard as Harry and the Dibisons started to fire at him when he was about to attack.

"Shit!'' He yelled as he started to take damage fast. He had to finish the Raynos off fast or they would both hit the ground. He pushed his zoid to his full potential and caught up to his prey.

"Strike Laser Claw!" He yelled but as his attack was in his downswing the Raynos leveled out and flew away causing Kouri to miss and start a death plummet to the ground. He tried to pull out but his controls were stuck. And at that moment he saw his destiny. Ben had charged another blast and had shot it to exactly were Kouri would be in a matter of seconds. At least I will die fighting, and die by a one-time friend, he thought as he let go of the controls excepting his death. But then from the corner of his eye he saw something fly at the blast. A missile, it could not destroy the blast but maybe...

Kouri grabbed his controls again and readied himself for what was to come. The missile slammed into the blast at just the right time. The impact created a surge of energy and Kouri rode the waves that came from it. The energy wave sent him flying but his controls worked again. Only the missile had caused the blast to change its course. Now the blast traveled hotly on Kouri's tail. He sped upward as the surging plasma roared behind him.

"Despite the efforts of this mystery man looks like I got him anyway." Ben said triumphantly. Kouri laughed to himself because Ben was one to count his ducks before they hatched. And Kouri had one trick left. Knowing he had a little juice left in his booster he pulled up sharply then turned his booster on to full throttle. This caused him to flip over the blast and head straight towards the ground. And flying up to him was the air assault unit.

"Strike laser Armageddon." He yelled as the group reached him. He commenced his deadly attack at a high altitude. He felt the wings being ripped off his opponents and even a body of a zoid take a deep slash.

His attack took three Zabats and a Stormsworder out of commission. He pulled out of his attack and continued to fly downward.

"Will he ever die!?" Harry yelled amazed that he had even escaped.

"Nice job old friend." Ben said as he started to charge another blast. Kouri took this time to look of in the direction the missile came from. When he looked over all he saw was a zoid flying off into the horizon. Putting his concentration back onto the battle he focused on the one person that he needed to take out to win this fight, Ben. And it seemed like Ben had improved his piloting skills by at least ten fold. What the hell had the Backdraft done to his friend?

The Dibisons fired as he descended upon their teammate. Kouri found it easy to dodge the large attacks but he was slowly taking damage for the ones that were too costly to avoid. He dove at a break neck speed for his prey. But he got too close and that was the range Ben needed. The bear zoid opened its mouth to reveal another weapon. A large machine-gun. Kouri started to receive damage fast and it was heavy. His zoid crashed into the ground and the shock almost knocked Kouri out.

The Iron Kong and the bear zoid walked over and stood over Kouri. But Kouri was injured and could barely move. I guess now is my time, at least I fought. Time for my last breath... Kouri thought as he saw Ben charging a blast once more.

"Kouri, you were said to be the best pilot among your friends. Yet you fell for our trap and lost. What a shame that you have to die." Harry said sarcastically.

"Yeah fuck you too Harry. And I was one of the best with us. Only you little shits outnumbered me like some little punks!" Kouri said as he stared down his opponents in his final moment. Yet what they didn't know was that he could move enough for one more attack. Just needed the right moment. Ben's blast reached its highest level and he aimed the cannon for Kouri's cockpit.

"Sorry you have to die, but that is how it goes from now on." Ben said and the blast on his gun barrel started to pulse. This is more power than he had ever put into that thing! I did not know that the gun was that powerful. If my last attack fails I will die. But then again I might die anyway. He waited until just when Ben was about to fire and then sprang back to life. He lunged at the Iron Kong and it put up a small defense.

"Strike Laser Claw!" Kouri yelled as he sliced one of the Iron Kong's arms off. He ran towards a Dibison and pulled out his wings and cut it with the blade. He started to lift off into the air but a Landshark struck him from below and brought him back to the ground. Shit I forgot about those fuckers! He yelled to himself. He managed to get his zoid back on its feet and looked back to his remaining opponents. Two Landsharks, a Dibison and Ben. And miraculously Ben's blast was not fired.

"Congrats Kouri, I knew you had a little more in you than what you showed." Ben said. "But now you have to go." Were Ben's last words as he fired the enormous amount of plasma at Kouri. The Landsharks traveled behind the blast incase he escaped. And Harry and the Dibison opened fire. Ben was already charging another blast in case Kouri pulled something else out of his ass. Kouri knew there was no escaping death this time. The radar even showed more zoids coming to the battlefield to help Harry, no doubt.

Kouri bowed his head, closed his eyes and let go of the controls.

"I hope hell will shelter me for Heaven hates me. Kase, meet me by the lake of fire." The blast inched closer and seeing that Kouri had given up the rest of the pilots stopped their attacks. Kouri opened his eyes back up to watch his death, for he had the only ticket and was sitting front row. Then his life flashed a violent red.

I tired so hard and got so far, but in the end it didn't even matter.

( end song )

A/N: Mwuhahahahaha that is where I shall end this chapter. Just because I feel like being mean today. Even though I had a great day. I just relish in other peoples' anger, pain, and frustration etc, etc. Well, as always R&R because I love reviews if you cannot tell already. Well go and have fun. And enjoy whatever is left of your summer vacation. Well catch you all on the flip side.

(( Just a question, do I have any faithful readers or is no one reading this. Because I am starting to get a little worried. But as long as one person is reading it I shall go on. And if someone is reading this try to get other people to read it too.))

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