For many years Zoids and humans fought together to control one thing or the next but no matter how many times they fought it always ended the same; Planet Zi would be left in a shambles, the strong would prey upon the weak, and civilization would be practically non-existent, this is one such incident. 6000 years after the battle for Z.O.S control, Planet Zi needed a new hero and as per usual someone just happened to be in the wrong place at right time.

"Goodbye old friend." Said Blade; with a flash of energy the Gojulas exploded overloading Blades shields, and in a matter of seconds Blade was gone, using Blade's explosion as cover Jace activated his turbo-engines and shot away like a bat out of hell.

Planet Zi: Southern Continent: Northern Desert Quadrant: cloaked Zoid controller.

"Is that it?" asked Graiden "Are we finally rid of that bastard Alac?"

"Yes sir we can no longer pick up any transmissions from the cloaked carrier or from the Liger."

"Excellent," said Graiden

"What about the Caches sir?" Benad asked.

"There are two more family's out there and one of them is bound to have the gene," said Graiden

"But what if they don't sir?" asked Benad

"There is no 'don't' lieutenant! We will have those weapons."

"Yes sir!"

Planet Zi: Southern Continent: Southern Desert Quadrant: Med Lab 1 aboard Jace

"Oh!" groaned Kat "God my head! It feels like it's in a- what's this thing on my head?" as the young woman put her hands to her forehead, she could feel a small metal device that had latched onto her skull, not knowing what it was Kat tried to remove it, only to be stopped by a voice that said "I would not remove that if I was you,"

"Who said that!" shouted Kat, there was no reply so Kat made her way out of the room she was in. Wherever she was it was beautiful! The walls straight and solid, not like the straw or the ugly stone that lined the huts and caves that her people had been forced to live in, but honest to goodness walls!

Computers lined the walls all of them beeping and chirping as they went about their work. Three little robots rolled along the floor, one had a small arm with a broom attached, one had an arm with a mop attached, and the last one had two arms and a miniature heater lining its levitation regulator on the bottom of its hover panel that helped it move across the floor. The arm on the front of the small droid had a miniature floor buffer with a wax dispenser nozzle on the tip. The heater would quickly dry the wax, and the hand at the rear of the droid had a small roll of cheesecloth that finished polishing as it moved along.

"Where am I?" asked Kat out loud.

"You are on the twelfth generation Jaldor All Climate Express unit, or as I like to call myself-" with a flash of light a young man of about thirty-two in a dark blue uniform with black tassels on the shoulders and two silver rank tabs on his right sleeve appeared out of nowhere and said "Jace,"

"Jace?" asked the confused woman.

"I am Jace." Said the man "Or at least I'm one of my holographic A.I's that I can use to more actively talk to the organics that live inside of the Z carrier."

"There more than one of you?" she asked trying to understand what the man was saying

"I am the brain of a giant Z carrier and therefore I have no specified gender," with a flash a young brunet woman of about twenty stood in Jace's place, with the new A.I's voice Jace said "I can be a tall, skinny, well endowed brunet," with another flash of light an old man stood in Jace's place and said "I can be old as the hills, I use these different A.I's to confuse anyone who is trying to get onto the carrier," then with a final flash of light Jace's original AI returned. "I prefer this one though, it is the A.I that I used when I was in the E.S though I haven't had a reason too use an AI for the past few years, it served me well in the past and it will continue to be a good choice in my opinion."

"So you control this huge whatever it is?"

"First of all," said Jace indignantly "this is a multi-purpose Zoid Carrier, and second of all I am merely the pilot Captain Alec Prue is the controller of the ship."

"Alec Prue!" gasped Kat in surprise "That's the man those idiots who captured me asked so many questions about."

"Well I'm not surprised, those BDT morons would do just about anything to get their hands on Alec," said Jace

"Why do they want him?"

"We don't really know, we know they want me because I am a war-machine and-"

"War machine!" she confusedly asked.

"What do you think E.S stands for? Eat sausage? I am a twelfth generation Zoid carrier employed in the Emperors Service! Or I was until the end of the Z Empire."

"The Z Empire!" shouted Kat "You're telling me that you are 4000 years old?"

"6000 to be exact." Said Jace proudly

"But then how old is that Prue guy?" asked the girl

"This is going to take some time," said Jace shaking his head.

Planet Zi: Southern Continent: Southern Desert Quadrant: Emergency Medical Unit aboard Jace.

"Ah!" screamed Alac as he woke up from his nightmare, "Blade? Blade! Where are you? Jace!" there was no response from the computer as the young man stood up the memories came flashing back, the battle, the drain from Blade's EP tanks, and Blade sacrificing his own life to save Alac's.

"Blade," sighed Alac "You didn't have to do this, I can't be a Z-pilot without you, let alone a Z-warrior!"

"Are… you… okay… Alac?" Trigger thought weakly too his partner.

"Trigger? Are you alright?" asked Alac as he looked at the pale form of his Organoid friend.

"I'm… fine… Al… ac… I'm just… low… power…"

"Get some sleep buddy, okay?" asked Alac as he covered up the exhausted Organoid.

"You… go… it… boss," thought Trigger as his Z.O.S energy finally allowed the tired animal to sleep.

Puling his cape on over his brown shirt and white pants Alac stepped out of the Emergency Medical Unit, and headed for the Zoid Socket Level.

Planet Zi: Southern Continent: Southern Desert Quadrant: Zoid Socket Level Aboard Jace.

"Blade," said Alac softly, as he looked around the SL he remembered the entry he had made in his journal about his first encounter with the Zoid behemoth. "My grandfather had taken me along for my first ride aboard Jace, though it wasn't the first time I'd met the ancient computer that controlled and continues to control the Zoid Carriers main systems." Alec thought to himself "Halfway through the Eastern Quadrant, three BDT Cannory Molga's came out of nowhere and attacked us. I'll never forget that battle, Blade's albino plating and my grandfathers battle armor flashing in the sun as the two partners sprang from the Launch Tubes and sliced the intruders in half, and just as Blade was about to hack the other one up, he stopped, lifted that huge paw and let the Zoid go! I'll never forget the Zoid as it ran away howling into the Desert. Then grandpa and Blade came back and acted as if nothing had happened!

"I've wanted to be a warrior ever since that day," Alec thought, "I'll never be a warrior now, I'm not even a pilot without Blade,"

Between Alec and Trigger, the Zoid Carriers internal Med-Scanner normally picked up only two life-readings. But as Alec headed for the bridge he passed an internal Med-Scanner and he noticed something; there was a third life-signature, quite near Trigger's room.

"Jace!" shouted Alec as tried yet again to reach the Zoid computer on his Com-Watch. "Jace! Where are you?"

Having no other choice Alec activated the override switch next to the Med-Scanner and brought in the Calvary. The seldom-used override switch was covered in dust; it was the only thing that the zippers didn't clean when they made their daily exit from the zip storage den, or Z.S.D, and headed down the corridors to run maintenance and sanitize the halls and the bridge. The override switch was one of the most dangerous things onboard the Zoid Carrier, it was set in place to automatically override the main system avatar and call up the Zoid Carrier's main hard-drive herself. Or as she preferred to be called: Maiden.

"M this is Alec come in… M? M!" shouted Alec as he tried to reach the Zoid Carriers hard-drive.

Suddenly there was a burst of static and a wizened face appeared on the Med-Scanner. "Who… wishes… to… see… me…?" asked Maiden slowly

"Maiden its me, I need you're help" said Alec as he headed for the weapons locker.

Maiden appeared on his com-watch's screen and said, "Bother… My… Son… Captain… I… am… old… and… I… no… longer… am… in charge… of any… more… than safety… and… protection of… my… son's crew"

"Look," said Jace as he pulled on his Battle Armour, "I know Jace was made from you're hard-drive components all those years ago, and I know that you're memory is still built inside that hard-drives shell, and I know you hate it when I bother you-"

"Then… Why… Do… You?"

"Because something's wrong with Jace, I can't reach him on the communicator and I need you to transport me to the Med-Lab." Maiden didn't reply; she didn't need to, because suddenly Alec was standing in the middle of the Med-Lab right next to Triggers room.