The next day had come to the valley, as Takumi was finishing up some final adjustments on the Photon amplifier that he had successfully used earlier to activate the new "Axcel" mode.
Ducky looked on with a big smile as she swished her tail. "You were great out there, Takumi. I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't come to save us like that."
Takumi smiled. "Well, I just thank the great creator that I was able to get the thing to work in time." He placed the amplifier into a storage case and closed the lid.
Ducky looked on as he stored the item away and got to thinking again…
"I wonder what that thing would do to me if I tried it."
Takumi sighed. "Not this, again…"
He walked over and looked right at the young Duckbill. "Look, I know you're curious about it, but this is a delicate piece of equipment we're working with. You couldn't see it, but I was having a hell of a time making sure the amplifier wasn't overheating or shorting any of my main circuits."
The Paxerian shook his head as he stood back up. "Kusaka may have been a gearhead for this stuff, but he wasn't very safety-oriented in his thinking. This amplifier sends an appalling amount of energy into the suit's photon streams. There's no telling what might happen if it's used too much."
Ducky just watched and nodded as he then looked over at the cryo-tube, with Mihara's preserved body inside. "You've been a great interim partner Ducky, and I care about you…that's why I don't want you to take too many risks with this…I don't need another Mihara on my conscience…"
At this point, Ducky stood up to protest. "You shouldn't blame yourself for Mihara, Takumi…Littlefoot told me all about it…he gave his life to save my friend. You should be proud of his sacrifice."
Takumi sighed and lowered his head. "I should have taken that deathblow, not him…"
"Then YOU would have been killed." Ducky responded, looking quite somber now. "And neither Mihara, or I, would've wanted that…"
Takumi just nodded gently as he went over and patted Ducky, smiling lightly.
Back on the ship of the Neo-Organism, Lucia and Logia looked on as General Balcus placed an object down on a table. It was a belt, just like the ones found with the Faiz and Delta gear. He also showed the phone-shaped device for the driver, which had a symbol resembling the letter Psi on the cover.
"The first new belt is complete, thanks to the information Lucia provided us from the broken Kaixa gear, as well as the material supplied by the Neo-Organism…this new system has been given the name of 'Psyga'…"
"Excellent…" Logia looked over the new Psyga gear. "This will be suitable compensation for those organics stealing the photon amplifier."
Lucia looked over the stats for the gear on a monitor. "Indeed. This new one is so strong and well-equipped, we hardly even need that piece of equipment."
Logia pondered something else as he walked up next to Balcus. "So…how do we use it?"
"Well, we can't…" Balcus started. "A belt like this requires an organic host. There was just no way it could be configured for an Impactor like myself or Lucia to use, and even you aren't completely organic. "
"Then what good has all this research and development been to us?" Logia asked.
"Now don't get all impatient, Commander…" Balcus responded. "I didn't say this was all for naught. I'm simply saying that all we need for this to work is an organic host. Someone we could get to fight for us."
"And how do you propose we do that?" Logia paced a bit. "I highly doubt that somebody is just going to come up and volunteer to fight for us."
"There might be one or two." Lucia spoke up. "I've noticed that all the herbivorous creatures live in that big beautiful valley, while the carnivorous and omnivorous creatures live out here in the more desolate sections. Surely there must be one bitter enough to want to fight against those in the valley."
"An intriguing proposition." Logia said as he walked over to Lucia now. "And how will we go about finding such an embittered organic?"
"It's funny you should mention that." Lucia said as she walked over to a monitor, calling up some data recordings. "Take a look at what our camera's picked up earlier."
Logia and General Balcus looked on to see an image of an egg-stealing dinosaur, running off with a freshly picked off egg and then eating it near the bushes. Little did they know, this egg-stealer had a history with Littlefoot and the others, for this was Ozzy, though he was curiously without his brother Strut at his side.
"Look at his face…" Lucia zoomed in on the view from the video. "He looks so bitter and angry, I can sense it in him."
Logia nodded. "Quite a remorseless creature, to take an unborn organic, and eat it out if it's eggshell. He may indeed be just what we're looking for."
"Yes, but he'll still need some persuasion most likely…" Lucia walked over and pulled out what looked like a normal egg. "I saw this a few hours before you did, and came up with my own little project…inside this hollow replicated egg, courtesy of the Neo Organism, is an addicting series of performance enhancing drugs, which I found hidden inside the Kaixa gear, and reproduced in mass quantities…Once he's consumed them, he'll see and feel all the great things happening to his body, and he'll want more…that's where we come in…."
"Ah, I see." Balcus nodded. "Get him hooked, and then give him more in exchange for his services to us…quite a novel approach, Lieutenant."
"Well, then what are we waiting for…let's hook ourselves an organic." Logia grinned under his helmet.
Meanwhile, Ozzy was walking along, lost in his thoughts. It had been years now since the untimely death of his brother. Ever since Littlefoot reunited Chomper with his parents, who then pursued the two egg-nappers. Ozzy managed to get away, but Strut wasn't so lucky…he could only watch as they snatched him up and ate him, giving little pieces for young Chomper as well.
He had refused to go back to the valley since then. Anything that reminded him of his brother, and what happened long ago made him sick to his stomach.
"We don't need anyone," he said to himself. "We're doing just fine on our own, Brother." He was holding a few leaves, with some intoxicating chemicals inside, and began to chew on them, wandering aimlessly.
"Herd wanted to kick me out because of my odd behavior…fine…" he mumbled as he chewed. "They may not want to remember you, Strut, but I still do…"
He walked on, until he saw something in the distance…a small nest, with a particularly big egg sitting in it. He looked to his left and his right, not seeing any parents, and slowly began to walk to the egg.
"I'll get them back Strut…I swear…I don't know how…but someday…they'll all be dead…all of them…" he mumbled this all under his breath in his intoxicated stupor, before the memories of what happened crossed his mind…he then dropped down, and began to dry heave some, before breathing heavily and recovering.
"I'm ok…just need some nourishment…" he told himself, as he grabbed the egg, and immediately began to bite into it.
His tongue was greeted with an odd, but sweet taste, as he found a strange greenish and sticky substance inside…he licked some off his fingers, and found the taste palatable, so he swallowed some more.
A wonderful feeling of revitalization came over him, as he felt his muscles bulging and gaining a little mass, drinking up the substance from the egg now as he felt more energy coursing through his system.
After finishing with the egg, Ozzy looked around, his senses sharper than before as well, as he took off and ran on his stronger legs, smiling widely in amazement as he reached speeds he could never reach before. He found the bank of a wide river, and jumped across it with virtually no effort.
He looked over his revitalized form, and pondered something.
"There must be a way to get more of these special eggs…but how?…"
It was then that heard a noise, and looked over to see a female impactor looking at him.
"Hello there" Lucia greeted Ozzy as he just stood there. Normally he'd run away from such a sight, but something in the egg made him curious.
"What in the world of the Mysterious Beyond are you?"
Lucia just walked closer. "My name is Lucia…and I've got a little proposition for you…"
Ozzy looked on curiously as she walked, carrying a case in her right hand.
Meanwhile, back in the valley, Littlefoot was wandering around the valley, with Ali walking next to him.
"How are you holding up?" he asked her.
Ali shrugged. "As well as I can right now, I guess."
Littlefoot looked on as he continued. "Still thinking about Doras?"
She nodded some. "Yes…it's very hard not to…so many times I've gotten close to him, one time I even blew him to pieces…but he's still alive." She narrowed her eyes a bit. "He's got to have a weak spot, somewhere…"
Littlefoot sighed a bit. "Ali, for the past few days, you've done nothing but talk about Doras…how much longer are you going to obsess over this?"
Ali gave him a stern look. "Littlefoot, he attacked my herd, and almost killed my mother! Do you want me to just forget about what he did? Are you nuts?"
"No, I'm not telling you to forget about it…" Littlefoot responded. "All I'm saying is…it's not the only way."
Ali tilted her head. "Huh?"
Littlefoot shook his head as he clarified himself. "Ali, you should know better than anyone that I can sympathize with you during this time. Kusaka killed my Grandmother, remember…and at that time, I wanted vengeance just as much as you do now…"
Ali gave him a questioning look. "Then why didn't you take it? Why didn't you kill Kusaka when you clearly had the chance to?"
Littlefoot looked out to the distance. "Because it didn't feel right…I realized at the time that this guy was just a hollow, pathetic shell of a creature, who needed to hate and kill to feel some semblance of worth in his life, and wanted to die honorably. I realized that if I gave in to my own hatred, and killed him for having wronged me, I would not only have given him what he wanted, but I would have made myself just as bad as him…and I don't want to end up like that…"
Ali sighed a bit. "So you're basically saying that I shouldn't kill Doras?"
Littlefoot looked to her. "That's up to you. We all have our own choices to make…the point I'm trying to make is that revenge is never the one and only option at a time like this…you can fight Doras, and kill him if you want, but just remember, there are others ways in which we can right wrongs done to us…you don't always have to resort to killing."
"I see your point." Ali nodded as she looked out to the mountain walls of the valley.
"In the meantime, you should start thinking about other things…like what you're going to do when this whole thing is finally resolved." Littlefoot continued.
Ali looked over at him again. "What do you mean?…I've already decided that I'm gonna rejoin my herd when I've got Doras out of the way."
Littlefoot lowered his head a bit. "Oh…"
Ali furrowed her brow. "What's wrong?"
Littlefoot looked up with a slight blush. "Well…once the valley IS finally safe…well…I was wondering…would you…would you like to…"
Ali listened intently until something went off in their heads, immediately drawing their attention.
"There's something in here!" Ali interrupted Littlefoot, as he simply nodded and ran off with her.
There was indeed something in the distance, as Viras had appeared with Lucia, who had just released another squad of giga-fighters to combat with Shorty In his Gillis outfit, Cera in her Blade suit, along with Slick dressed as Garren, and Rock as Leangle, their hands full as they fought to keep their enemies at bay.
Ducky and Takumi had also recently arrived, as Littlefoot and Ali quickly transformed into Agito and Chalice respectively, Agito taking out his sword and shifting to his red armored form, as Chalice took down a few fighters with her bow, with Agito leaping in and slicing one virtually in half with the sharp weapon.
Ducky quickly picked up the Delta gear, slapping it around her waist as Takumi did the same with the Faiz gear. She held the driver, typed in 333…
STANDING BY…
She then yelled "Henshin" into the microphone and slipped it into the side of the gear as "COMPLETE" was heard, transforming into Delta again as Takumi also Pressed 555, hearing the familiar "STANDING BY…" as he raised the driver up and yelled "Henshin!", sliding it into his belt as "COMPLETE" was heard again, shifting into Faiz.
The two looked at the battle going on, with all the giga-fighters around, as Faiz looked to Delta.
"We're gonna need some extra weaponry to take care of a force this size…" Faiz stated. "You may not be ready for the amplifier, but I think you're ready to have this…"
He handed Delta a device that looked like a digital watch.
"Put it on your wrist…"
Delta complied as she looked at Faiz "What does it do?"
Faiz explained the details to her as Leangle rushed in and swung his staff, knocking a few giga fighters back as Garren blasted a few away with great accuracy using his gun, using his stealth mode at times to confuse the robots.
Chalice backed up Blade as she ran in and fired off a few energy arrows, hitting all the giga fighters behind Blade as she nodded to Chalice in thanks and turned, charging energy in her arm and sending it to her sword as she brought it around and sliced a giga-fighter, taking its head clean off as she turned and sliced off the feet of another.
Lucia lunged at Agito, who withdrew his staff and once again shifted into Trinity form, swiping his sword and staff at her as she dodged and blocked with her crescent shaped, two-handed blade.
This left Gillis with Viras, as he roared and punched wildly at the creature, only to have his fist caught in one of her strong hands as she growled and threw him off to the side. He then roared again and let one of his tendrils loose, as it wrapped around her tightly. She reacted by grabbing the tendril close to his arm, and hoisted him into the air, slamming him down on her other side of the ground as he grunted and let go with the tendril.
"Shorty!" Agito shouted as he kicked Lucia away and ran towards Viras, who was about use one of her weapons to kill the dazed form of Gillis. He immediately threw her off guard with a well placed sword slash across the arm, making it fall off as green blood spurted from the wound.
Viras roared out in pain as this occurred, but soon regained her composure, and held out the stump, as she displayed the same regenerating ability that Doras had, growing a new arm as she growled and advanced on Agito, slashing at him with her claws as he dodged and took a few more swipes at her.
She was ready for him now, as she fired a few shoulder lasers from her body, knocking the wind out of him as they hit, as Gillis got back up and tried to help, only to get a strong backhand from Viras as he fell to the ground again.
Viras reached down and grabbed Agito by the neck, slowly lifting him up and growling as she got a good look at him…he could feel her grip getting tighter and tighter, as she prepared to either choke him or break his neck, with all of his allies too swamped to help him…
But then, something weird happened…
Viras slowly began to loosen her grip; just enough to the point where Agito fell back to the ground and coughed a bit.
She just stood there for that time, looking down at the young warrior, tilting her head a bit as if she was not completely sure about something.
"What are you waiting for?" a frustrated Lucia shouted to the creature. "Kill him! Take the suit back!"
But Viras did not respond. She simply stood there, looking at Agito as a befuddled Gillis looked on, wondering what to do now…
"Viras…" The voice of the Neo-Organism echoed in her head. "What is the matter?…are you having some sort of malfunction…" his voice suddenly began to break up in her head. "Viras…Viras…"
At this point, Lucia began to walk towards Littlefoot with her blade at the ready. "I should have known one of the Neo-Organism's goons would fail once more…if you won't finish the job, then I will…" She walked to the hurt Agito, and raised her blade.
Suddenly, Viras fired another Laser, hitting Lucia Square in the chest!
Lucia screamed in pain as she fell back, and Viras turned, changing into her orb form and shooting off into the distance, escaping!
"Damn it all!" Lucia yelled as she got onto her feet again, and took off after the creature, leaving everyone to deal with the Giga-fighters.
Things were still uncertain in this fight, until Faiz joined in the fight with his sword, and Delta walked in slowly with the device on her wrist.
"Let's hope I can handle this thing…" she told herself, as she pressed a button on the watch.
COMPLETE…
Her form changed, as her chest plates moved up a bit to reveal the energy processor in the middle of the suit, charging up with a burst of energy as she pressed another button on the watch.
START UP…
She got ready to run, and took off, as she suddenly disappeared to everyone's sight, running at an incredible rate of speed…
Suddenly, everyone saw giga fighters being nailed and thrown everywhere by an unseen force, as laser blasts from Delta's gun began to shoot out from seemingly nowhere. At one point, a huge circle of laser blasts erupted from the sky, crashing into every last fighter as they lay in ruins, and the voice could be heard again…
3….2…1…
Delta materialized again, holding her gun as she was in her normal form again
TIME OUT…
Everyone ran over to Delta as she stood looking at them, breathing heavily from the experience under her helmet.
"Ducky, that was incredible!" Blade yelled, hugging Delta and jumping for joy a bit.
"Thanks Cera!" Delta giggled as she hopped a bit with her.
"How on earth did you do that?" Garren asked.
"With this" Delta showed them the new device on her wrist.
Agito took a look at it, his mind too occupied to think about what happened with Viras at the moment. "What is it?"
"I can answer that for you." Faiz answered as he stepped up. "That is the device used to go into Hypermode."
"Hypermode?" Chalice tilted her head some.
Faiz nodded "For 30 seconds with that device, anyone with a belt like hers can move at an vast amount of speed." He looked to Delta "But it's only good for one use after the transformation, so you have to be really careful with it."
Delta nodded as the group suddenly heard a far off noise…slow and steady footsteps coming close to them.
They all turned to see the form of a familiar egg-stealer.
Agito recognized him immediately. "Ozzy!"
Ozzy nodded a bit. "Glad to see you haven't forgotten me, leaf-eater."
Agito looked to himself and then to Ozzy. "You recognize me in this?"
"Of course…Lucia's told me all about you…all of you…" Ozzy nodded as he looks around. "Granted, I wasn't too enthusiastic about whatever plans she had for those suits you're wearing, but she was quite pleased to hear about my grudge against you all, for the death of my brother mostly."
Blade shook her head "Look pal…you're the one who dragged your brother into that whole mess…you should be blaming yourself for that, not us…"
Ozzy chuckled a bit. "Cute…trying to guilt trip me, are you?…Well I'm through feeling guilty, and I'm through being weak…I'm going to confront my demons and slay them right here, and Lucia's given me just the thing to do it with…"
He pointed down to his waist, as the group saw a belt around it…Faiz immediately recognized the basic design.
"Another belt?…"
Ozzy grinned as he followed Lucia's instructions, flipping open the phone-like device and punching in the code: 315, before hitting the enter key…
STANDING BY…
He closed the device, slowly moving it to his middle and saying "Henshin…" before sliding it down into the buckle area.
COMPLETE
Everyone watched as blue photon streams wrapped around his body, giving him a humanoid shape as he was soon covered in white armor, with a purple center making the Psi symbol, and a purple visor, as he finished changing into the form of Psyga!
Agito got ready to fight along with the others, as Psyga slowly reached out with his right arm.
"Let the games begin…"
Everyone charged down as he simply stood in his spot, staring at them…