Takumi drove along quickly in his Faiz gear, unsure of what Mihara may have discovered now that he had the portable scanner, before he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was another figure driving a bike, heading right towards him from the other direction, on a collision course!

Faiz swerved to dodge Agito as he pulled over and looked at this strange new creature on a bike. "What the hell are you?" Faiz shouted as he looked over at Agito. "Stay away from my home!" Littlefoot shouted from under his Agito helmet, as Faiz looked over at the valley nearby, very confused. He'd studied Earth creatures before and never saw anything like him. "You live here?…what kind of earth creature are you?" Agito simply replied "The kind that protects others from creatures like you who want to hurt them!" Faiz put up his hand "Hurt them? Wait just a minute, I'm only trying to find a friend in there!"

Agito immediately looked back as he gasped. "There's another one?" he immediately took off, heading back to the valley, making sure everything's ok there before confronting Faiz, who charged off after him on his bike. "Hey, wait up!"

Back in the Valley, the angered Gillis was just about to bury his bladed heel in Chalice's shoulder, before something shot at and hit him from the side! Gillis grunted as he fell off to the side, rolling a bit before stumbling back to his feet.

Chalice looked over to where the shot came from, as Mihara came bounding onto the scene in his Delta gear, clutching the pistol from his utility belt that he had just fired. He looked at both Chalice and Gillis, wide-eyed under his helmet. "These things…they look just like…" he recognized the similarities between these armored creatures and his own armored self. "What unit are you in?" he asked Chalice, who just stared at him, not understanding a thing he was saying, before Gillis roared and charged towards his new target.

Delta immediately aimed his gun and hit a button. "Single mode" the voice from his suit said, as he fired a string of steady laser blasts at Gillis, which hit him in numerous spots on his armor as he fell against a tree nearby. Delta walked over and looked at Chalice again, seeing if she'd respond in any way. This proved to be a mistake as Gillis jumped back up and grabbed Delta, slashing him with his claws across the chest armor as Chalice ran in, still wanting to fight Gillis as she fired a few more energy arrows, hitting Gillis with them as Delta took his gun and hit another button. "Burst mode" was heard from his suit as he shot a rapid-fire blast of lasers, which Gillis dove away from as the shots hit Chalice instead!

Chalice, unsure of who Delta sided with, and too scared for her survival anyway, then ran towards Delta and fired a steady stream of energy arrows at him, smacking him numerous times in the armor as he ran to Chalice, trying to punch her as she caught his arm, using it to throw him into a tree nearby, as Gillis leapt back onto Chalice, getting thrown off by her as he suddenly extended a coil from his right arm, swinging it at Chalice as she used her bow to block the sharp end of it. Eventually, Gillis succeeded in wrapping the coil around Chalice's bow, jerking his arm, and tossing the weapon away with it as he extended another coil, wrapping around Chalice and pulling her towards him as he got a hold of her throat, lifting her off the ground and holding her up as she struggled, as he roared again in animal rage.

Delta got back onto his feet, quite groggy from the impact of the tree, as Agito suddenly rushed in on his bike. "Shorty!" he called out, as he looked over at the unconscious Bron, as Gillis dropped Chalice and looked to Agito. "Look what it did! It killed Dad!" he cried out, pointing to Bron as Chalice gasped and called out in her echoing voice. "No! He's not dead!" Gillis growled at Chalice. "Liar! You're just trying to keep yourself from the death you rightly deserve!" He roared as he charged towards her, claws extended before Agito, after a moment of staring at this new rider, soon ran over and grabbed Gillis. "Shorty! Get a hold of yourself! I believe her!"

Gillis just growled and shoved Agito out of the way as he charged towards Chalice, who rolled out of the way before he could swipe at her, facing each other down before trading more punches and kicks, as Delta stumbled towards Faiz, who drove in on his bike. Agito just watched, unsure of what to do, as he saw Faiz helping Delta onto his bike, as Faiz glanced back at Agito now and again, thinking "Why doesn't he attack us?" as he and Delta eventually left the scene on their bikes.

As this happened, Agito turned back to see Gillis score more hits on Chalice, who he did not want to see harmed, realizing that Gillis' rage had flown out of control, just as the grasshopper had warned. Gillis was just about to finish her off with a claw as Agito suddenly ran in behind Gillis, trying to throw him off as Gills turned and swiped at Agito with a claw!

Agito ducked and delivered a series of hard punches to the back, just around his kidneys, before smashing him across the face, punching him in the chest, and delivering a side kick to the same spot, sending Gillis flying as he quickly grabbed Chalice and fled!

Gillis fell to the ground and rolled back onto his feet, only to find that both of the other riders were gone now, looking left and right for them, but to no avail, as he quickly stood and cried out in frustrated rage "Grrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!" He dropped to his knees and began pounding the ground with his fists "Hraaaah! Gahhhh!" before raising his fists and crying out again. "GrrrrrraaaaaAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Bron finally began to wake up as he heard Gillis roaring out to the sky, slowly lifting his head and looking over at him "Shorty?" Gillis suddenly looked towards him, suddenly discovering that he was in fact alive. "You're…all right?" he asked, breathing heavily. Bron nodded slowly "I seem to be…what's the problem."

Gillis slowly looked down at the ground as he calmed, shifting back into Shorty as he sniffled a bit, now very much ashamed at what he had been doing. "Me…I'm the problem…" he shook as buried his face in his forelegs, realizing what he had just done, trying to kill someone who was trying to tell him that Bron was all right, and even attacking Littlefoot, the one Longneck who told him on several occasions that he considered him as a brother.

Bron walked over quickly "Shorty?…what's going on?…What's happened?" he looked very concerned now, not seeing Shorty act like this in a long time, comforting him as best he could…

Meanwhile, Agito had taken Chalice to safety, on the outskirts of the Valley. He stood near her, looking up and down as she stared back at him, not sure of what to make of him. "Are you ok?…" Agito asked, as Chailce just sat still, coming off as defensive.

This was when Littlefoot decided to show he wasn't going to hurt Chalice, by shifting back to his old self in a flash of light as he got on all fours. Chalice gasped as she saw Littlefoot standing where Agito once was. "I mean you no harm…" Littlefoot simply stated, as Chalice suddenly blurted out "Littlefoot! It's you!"

Littlefoot tilted his head. "You know my name?" Chalice simply got on all fours and shifted back with a smile, as Littlefoot nearly passed out from the shock of seeing that familiar girl in the same spot. "Ali!"

"Hey you!" Ali grinned as she walked over and nuzzled him lightly. "All this time I was wondering where you were, worrying about how you'd accept my changes, and I find you've gone through the same thing!" Littlefoot blushed as he accepted her nuzzling. "Uh…yeah….well, how did you change to begin with?"

Ali shrugged. "I don't know…it just started happening at some point, but I did start having some strange dreams before it happened…" Littlefoot perked up on hearing this. "Dream?…did it involve that event where those big fiery rocks showered down from the sky a while ago?" Ali nodded slowly as her eyes grew wide with astonishment. "Did you have the same dreams?" Littlefoot slowly nodded. "I think Shorty might have too, though he hasn't told me anything." Ali furrowed her brow. "Shorty?…"

Littlefoot chuckled "Oh, that's right, you haven't met my friend yet. Well uh…he was the green warrior you were just fighting as a matter of fact." His face became a bit more serious as he said this. Ali scoffed. "What? That thing? Why on earth would you want him as an ally?…" Littlefoot shook his head. "You have to be patient with Shorty. He's a bit of a hothead, and that suit he has makes him susceptible to flying into uncontrollable fits of rage. Believe me, once he calms down, he'll be apologizing to you like there's no tomorrow." Ali chuckled a bit, taking his word for it. "Oh…ok then."

Littlefoot lead the way back into the Valley. "C'mon, lets go back and start straightening things out. Maybe the grasshopper can take a look at you…" Ali gave him a funny look as they left. "Grasshopper?…"

Elsewhere, far beyond the Valley, Takumi and Mihara had just pulled over and deactivated their combat suits. Mihara just sat there, thinking about everything that had happened since putting on the Delta suit. "Whatever they were, those things were strong, and fast!" Takumi nodded. "I only saw them briefly, but they looked a lot like some of the combat suits we've developed on Paxeria."

Mihara looked at his partner. "These suits are much more advanced than anything our other scientists have created. I'd dare say it's even more advanced than ours." Takumi, somewhat unaware of what the Professor was really up to, sat and sighed a bit. "Maybe these things are the result of some new experiment the professor was running?" Mihara furrowed his brow. "You think so?"

Takumi nodded slowly. "It would make sense. I remember when he first saw some of the other combat suits being made, and he commented that he wouldn't mind trying to design one or two of his own." Mihara thought this over, and scratched his head a little. "Well, if these things are really combat suits, then who's wearing them?" Takumi just shrugged. "Maybe they're earth creatures just like all the others."

Mihara laughed a bit at that thought. "C'mon, Tak, be serious. They're animals." Takumi just smiled a bit and shook his head. "Misjudge them if you want, but I have it on good authority from my old mentor, who visited this place if you recall my telling you, that these Saurians aren't always such simple animals. Besides…maybe these suits are designed so that anyone can use them."

Mihara stopped chuckling right there. "Oh, don't even joke about that. What would we do if one of those Impactors ever got its hands on one of these new suits?" Takumi simply looked on at his surroundings. "Pray, I suppose…" Mihara scoffed a bit as he looked down. "Geez…you're a real picker-upper, aren't you?" Takumi didn't say anything now as the two Paxerians sat and thought to themselves about how they were going to handle the situation now…

Back in the Valley, Littlefoot walked back inside with Ali close behind, looking around to see what was going on, and if they could find Shorty, whom Littlefoot hoped had calmed down by now. They didn't have to look to hard for him, as he came walking towards them, his head hanging down in shame.

"Shorty!" Littlefoot called out, as he looked up slowly, as Ali got a stern look on her face. Shorty looked up slowly. "Oh, hi littlefoot…who's the girl?…" Littlefoot looked to Ali, then back at him. "Uh, her name's Ali, and she's just like us now…in fact, she's the one you just attacked a while ago." Shorty's jaw dropped a bit as Ali frowned a bit. "That's him, huh?…" She walked over to him and promptly turned, using her longer adolescent tail to slap him lightly across the face! Shorty just took it, doing his best not to lose control again, as Ali gave him a piece of her mind. "Don't ever attack me like that again! I was so frightened that you were going to kill me, and all because you wouldn't even let me tell you that Littlefoot's father was still alive…" Littlefoot had explained Bron to Ali on their way back, so she knew now.

Shorty simply nodded as she noticed the tear-stained face he was trying to hide. "I know…I know…and I'm sorry…I really am." Ali just nodded now, getting a hold of her own temper, "Good…" the two stood a distance from each other now, as Littlefoot walked over to them. "Good…now we can start behaving like rational dinosaurs."

It was at this moment when the grasshopper suddenly flew onto the scene. "I must congratulate you…" it addressed Littlefoot. "You were able to do the one thing that I could not." Littlefoot gave the grasshopper a curious look. "And that would be?…" The grasshopper clicked. "Finding the lost suit of course."

"Lost?" Ali asked, not sure what to make of this talking grasshopper. "Yes…as I already told these two, there was one suit that I could not locate, because it had a faulty transmitter, and that suit happens to be yours. That's why I never arrived when you first awakened, to help you through the changes…but, I can see you adjusted to it nicely." Ali simply nodded as Shorty quickly asked. "So which suit is it that she has now?"

"I was just about to explain to her." It said as it clicked a few times, displaying another projection from its eye. Littlefoot had already explained some of what the grasshopper had told him to her on their journey back, so she was able to follow. "You are the possessor of Mochizuki's model N55837, Code name: Chalice, after the Paxerian lord of the sky. Chalice is a specialized model, enhanced with the usual strength and speed upgrades, along with a special boost to eyesight and hand capabilities, which make this particular suit ideal for sniping. Its array of energy arrows, which can be shot from the nearly indestructible metal bow it carries, can hit targets from hundreds of feet away if need be. Of course, the range of this ability is dertimined by the kind of user it has. Chalice requires the user to have a steady and focused mind at all times, or else the sniping abilities will be greatly hampered." Ali simply nodded as she tried to let all this information sink in.

As this was happening, a glowing light slowly floated down into another section of the valley, as Cera's father was off eating once again, hoping he'd have a peaceful moment this time. All hopes for that were crushed however, as the light landed and became the form of a large robot.

The robot, which carried the insignia of the home planet of the Impactors, walked slowly along, chuckling in a distorted male voice as his bulky silver body reflected the light, though slightly rusted, as his narrow red eyes glowed. Cera's father looked over at the Impactor and groaned as he backed away. "Oh not again…and what are YOU supposed to be?" The impactor simply looked at him as he made a large axe appear in his hands. "Oh, so you creatures can talk…very well…My name is Radia, and I'm after something very important…you'd do well not to get in the way…"

Cera's father got into a defensive stance. "Oh yeah…what if I do get in the way?…" he knew this was probably a dumb move, but he had a reputation to uphold here. Radia simply raised his axe, and brought it down over a boulder, cleaving it in half! "If you try to stop me, your head will be next…" he flatly stated, as Cera's father nodded quickly in fear and backed off. "Sure..whatever you say…"

Cera, who had just caught a view of this from a distance, immediately took, off, looking for Littlefoot and quickly finding him as He, Shorty, and Ali quickly sensed Radia's presence. "Littlefoot!" she yelled as she approached him. "Something just appeared in front of my dad." She suddenly recognized that someone else was with him. "Ali?…what are you doing here?" Ali stepped forward. "Hey Cera…I know it's been a while, but explanations are going to have to wait for now…" Littlefoot quickly nodded. "Yeah…we've got a home to defend." He quickly changed into Agito as Cera looked on. "Well go to it then! And make sure my dad gets out ok!" Agito nodded as Shorty became Gillis, and Ali became Chalice. The two stared at each other briefly, trying to get over the last hurdle of tension as one simply nodded at the other, and ran off with Agito to face down Radia.

Radia quickly saw all three of them running towards his location, as Cera's father saw a chance and escaped. "Ah, just the creatures I've been looking for." Agito stepped forward. "What are you supposed to be? You don't look like anything made by the Neo-Organism…" Radia tilted his head. "Neo-whatsis?…" He clearly had no idea what Littlefoot was talking about, as Gillis shouted. "Well, what in the world are you anyway, if you weren't created by that thing?"

Radia Slung his axe along his shoulders. "I represent the proud warrior race known as the Impactors." Chalice gasped as she remembered what Littlefoot and the grasshopper told her. "Impactors…you're the enemies of the Paxerians! The main reason these combat suits exist." Radia laughed a bit. "You sure know a lot of intergalactic history for such a primitive creature…not that it matters anyway." Agito looked on at Radia. "What do you want with us?" Radia shot back. "You know perfectly well what I want, and you're wearing it right now." Gillis growled a bit. "What if we don't want to give them to you?…"

Radia swung his powerful axe a few times. "Then I will tear this valley apart, bit by bit, tree by tree, creature by creature…" Chalice then got into a fighting stance upon hearing this. "Give it a try…I dare you…" Radia laughed a little. "I'm not a three star general on my home planet for nothing, creature…many others have dared me to fight them, and they all ended up losing their lives because of it…do you think you can break with tradition?"

"Ok, I've heard enough!" Gillis shouted, before roaring and running towards Radia with his claws extended, only to be met with a foot to the chest, which knocked him onto his back as he rolled back onto his feet. Chalice quickly launched an array of energy arrows, which hit Radia a few times before he grunted and blocked the rest with his axe, ricocheting one off the blade as it flew back and hit Chalice! Chalice fell onto her back for a moment as Agito swiftly ran in and ducked a few swings from Radia's axe, before catching him with a sidekick, and standing as he reached down into his belt, pulling out a sword as his body changed from gold to red, changing into "flame form". He then swung the sword gracefully and swiftly, clashing with Radia's axe a bunch of times before Gillis extended a coil from his hand, and wrapped it around Radia's neck! He pulled Radia towards Chalice, who then launched a barrage of energy arrows, all of which hit Radia on the chest plate.

Radia groaned and grunted in anger, using his axe to chop off part off part of Gillis coil! Gillis fell back as he felt pain from this, roaring as the coil retracted fully, letting it heal and fully grow back as Radia took on Chalice, who jumped towards him with her bladed bow, only to get smacked in the stomach with the back of his axe, as he sent her flying across the field! He then clashed With Agito's sword more, engaging in a test of strength as one tried to push the weapon towards the other. Agito grunted audibly as Radia began to gain the upper hand, very close to cutting him with the sharp blade of his axe, until…

A spray of bullet-like lasers suddenly shot out from nowhere, hitting Radia's back! Radia yelled out in pain as he fell away from Littlefoot, and looked around the area, only seeing Chalice and Gillis recovering before he saw another figure in the distance…this one was wearing armor as well, only more similar to the kind that Takumi and Mihara had. In the middle of his belt was cell-phone like device like the one Takumi had, which instead of a phi, displayed the letter chi. The X-like design of the letter was on his helmet, made of yellow photon streams, which went over his silver helmet with blueish eyes, and made a criss-crossing design over his silvery body armor, with black coverings and yellow stripes from where the photon streams went when he transformed. He stood with his right hand holding what looked like a gun, which was shaped a lot like a big X, with one end extended to make the muzzle of a gun.

Radia stared at this strange warrior. "Kaixa…" he simply stated. "What in the world brings you here?" Kaixa simply responded by charging towards Radia, yelling out as he suddenly pressed a button on the gun, causing a long golden blade to extend from the bottom of it, showing the true form of the weapon known as the "blaygun". Radia ran towards Kaixa with his axe extended, as Kaixa ran with the blade facing down, raising it as the two met and clashed. Kaixa quickly knocked away his axe, and kicked and slashed at him with sheer ferocity!

Agito, Gillis, and Chalice watched as Radia, overwhelmed by the presence of this warrior, got up, changed into a ball of light, and fled the scene. The three warriors simply stared at Kaixa after this, who just turned and began to walk off. Agito ran towards him. "Hey, wait a minute…who are you…" just as he got close, Kaixa turned and slashed him with his blaygun! Agito fell as Gillis and Chalice helped him back up.

"Don't touch me…" Kaixa simply said in a threatening voice, as he slowly walked off from the scene, leaving the three even more puzzled than before…