Time and Love Heal All Wounds

Liger Zero limped onto the maintenance deck, and Bit activated the armor
paddocks





 

 

Liger
Zero limped onto the maintenance deck, and Bit activated the armor
paddocks. Meanwhile, the rest of the
Blitz Team watched in horror at the Cerberus targeted them.

 

“Doc,
I’m gettiassiassive energy readings from the cannons; our shield can’t
withstand a hit from all three. What
are we supposed to do?” Jamie asked hysterically. The older man just had a blank look on his face; he didn’t know.

 

 

 

 

“Hold
it, lamebrain!” Leena growled as she moved her Gun Sniper into a position
directly in front of the Hover Cargo.

 

“Get
out of the way, Leena.”

 

“No
Harry, I’m not moving; I won’t let you kill my friends and family.”

 

“I
said get out of the way now!” he shouted at her.

 

“No,
as much as you think, the world does not jump to your every wish.” Leena needed
to keep him talking to prevent him from firing his cannons. If she could keep him distracted long
enough, they may have chance.

 

“You’re
the most stubborn woman I ever met!” Harry growled. “Why won’t you accept that
you belong with me?”

 

“Because
I don’t, Harry. You don’t own me; I
don’t answer to you!”

 

Leena
had no idea where she was getting her strength. She’d been terrified of seeing him again because it would remind
her of all the pain he caused her, but instead, she felt an overwhelming rage
towards him.

 

“For
the last time, Leena, get out of the way.”

 

“Or
what? You’re gonna shoot me too. What about your prize? You fire, and you’ll destroy me too. Who are you gonna have if I die?”

 

“I…I
don’t know…” Harry said as his voice broke.
Leena sneered at him.

 

“Here’s
the truth, Harry, I’m not yours, and I’ll never be yours. I don’t love you and never will. And you know why?” She waited until he
looked at her, and she smiled evilly.

 

“Because
I’m in love with Bit.”

 

Harry
screamed so loud his cockpit nearly shook.

 

“That’s
right, buddy, get used to it. I love
Bit, and he loves me. In fact…” Leena’s
smile became even smugger; she knew exactly how to annoy him.

 

“…let
me tell you something, Bit is ten times the man you are…in every single way!”

 

Harry’s
teeth were grinding together by now.

 

“What
are you saying?”

 

“I’m
saying that Bit and I made love, Harry, and there’s not a damn thing you can do
about it. He’s mine, and I’m his.”

 

“You
lying, bitch!” Harry roared and grabbed the trigger for his cannons, “Fine,
then die with your pathetic Bit Cloud.”

 

 

 

While
Leena had Harry talking, it gave Bit the time he needed. The mechanical arms extended and removed the
damaged Jager armor.

 

“Okay
Liger, what should we call it?” A low growl gave him his answer, “Yeah partner,
I like it. Now, let’s do it.”

 

Bit
rotated his controls and called on the necessary armor. It placed it onto Liger Zero’s frame and
amazing things began to happen. Bit
noticed his energy levels skyrocketing, and he checked all of his systems.

 

“Oh
yeah, this is more like it.”

 

 

 

 

Inside
the bridge of the Hover Cargo, Jamie was monitoring Bit’s armor transformation.

 

“Which
one is he going to use?” Brad asked.

 

“I
don’t know, the Schneider and Panzer haven’t been removed from their storage
compartments.”

 

“Are
you serious?” Doc gasped.

 

“Yeah,
they haven’t been touched.”

 

“Is
Bit crazy?” Brad stated, “What’s he gonna do?
Fight without weapons and armor?”

 

 

 

 

Liger
Zero was lifted up onto the catapult, and Bit saw the three charged particle
cannons pointing directly at him and the rest of the Blitz Team.

 

“Leena! Hang I’m I’m on my way!”

 

“You’re
too late, Bit!” Harry said sadistically.
He fired just as Bit launched from the Hover Cargo.

 

The
charged particle beams were heading straight for Liger Zero, and Leena closed
her eyes waiting for the inevitable to happen.

 

“STRIKE
LASER CLAW!!!” Bit called his attack just as the attack reached his zoid.

 

“Ha…ha…ha…”
Harry laughed as he saw the explosion erupt.
However, the shockwave was much smaller than it should’ve been.

 

“I’m
not done yet, Harry!”

 

“It’s
impossible!” the young man gasped in shock.

 

As
the smoke cleared, Liger Zero was standing on the ground in front of the Gun
Sniper completely unharmed. More than
that, the armor on the zoid was no ordinary sight; it was the black armor that
Bit had found buried inside the mountain.

 

“B-Bit…what…what
happened?” Leena gasped, seeing Liger Zero standing in front of her. He just smiled at her.

 

“Sorry
I was late, but you know me…always gotta make a big entrance.”

 

“How
did you survive, Bit Cloud?” Harry demanded, “There’s no way you could have
withstood that cannon assault.”

 

“Actually
Harry, what I did was use my laser claw to deflect the beams in three separate
directions so the energy dissipated quickly.
Your weapons are useless.”

 

“I
don’t believe you; Liger Zero doesn’t have that ability; what are you
piloting?” Bit merely laughed.

 

“Ah…allow
me to introduce you to…LIGER ZERO KAISER!”

 

 

 

 

Liger
Zero’s roar shook the ground as it stomped forward to face the Cerberus; its
tail was whipping widely behind it while its eyes glowed with power. Leena and the rest of the Blitz Team were
still stunned at what they’d just seen Bit do.

 

“Ready
Liger?” A slow growl gave Bit his answer.

 

The
duo charged forward to meet their opponent head on.

 

 

 

 

Harry
finally picked his jaw up off the console.

 

“Here
he comes!” Sebastian gasped.

 

“Then
fire already!” Harry ordered him.

 

The
Cerberus fired its laser guns and cannons all at once, intending to wipe out
Liger Zero in one shot. However, they
were in for another surprise.

 

 

 

 

Liger
Zero deployed its boosters, and Bit readied himself for the backwash. A compartment opened at his side, and a mask
extended towards him.

 

“Thanks
Liger,” Bit stated as he slipped it over his nose and mouth.

 

The
pair roared ahead as the thrusters fired, and Bit found himself traveling at
twice the speed that even the Jager could go.
Liger banked back and forth to avoid the incoming shells, and Bit was
glad that his zoid had given him an oxygen mask to wear. With multiple high-speed maneuvers, it would
have been very easy for him to black out from lack of oxygen, but now, it
wasn’t an issue.

 

“It’s
go-time, Liger!”

 

 

 

 

 

“It’s
impossible, how can he move so fast?” Harry shouted to no one in particular.

 

“The
cannons are firing as rapidly as they can, and we still can’t catch up to him!”
Benjamin stated.

 

“Look
out!”

 

Liger
Zero rammed into the three-headed monster and sent it reeling onto its side.

 
bsp;bsp;

 

 

“Great
job, Liger, that’ll make him think twice about underestimating us!”

 

Bit
saw the Cerberus quickly get back to his feet and knew that this battle wasn’t
over yet – not by a long shot.

 

 

 

 

 

The
Blitz Team finally regrouped, and Jamie began to run scans of Bit’s new armor.

 

“Wow! Hey doc, check out these readings!”

 

“What
is it?” the older man asked.

 

“That
armor is as tough as the Panzer’s – plus it’s got double neutron boosters on
its back. Those things are five times
as powerful as the Jager’s ion thrusters!”

 

“Are
you serious, Jamie?” Brad and Naomi said at the same time.

 

“What
in the world has happened out there?” Doc asked.

 

“Dad!”
Leena’s voice interrupted his thoughts.

 

“Leena,
you okay?”

 

“Yeah,
Leon and I are coming in. He’s got
serious damage to his Blade Liger, and I don’t have any ammo left. How’s Bit doing out there?”

 

“He’s
winning, Leena!”

 

 

 

 

“Damn
you, Bit Cloud, I won’t let you beat me again!” Harry growled.

 

“No
matter how you slice it, Harry, you’re gonna lose!” All Bit heard was a
sinister laugh.

 

“That’s
where you’re wrong. Charged particle
cannons to maximum power!”

 

The
three mouths opened and began to glow as the Cerberus powered up its deadliest
attack. Bit immediately took up a
position between Harry and the Hover Cargo.

 

“All
right, we can do this; we’re not gonna lose this time! Let’s go for it, partner!”

 

Bit’s
panel began flickering, and a schematic of his zoid came up on the screen. What he saw made a wide grin spread across
his face.

 

“That’s
perfect, Liger, but we need to hit all three at the same time. Can you pull it off?” The zoid growled in
confirmation, and an attack name appeared on Bit’s screen.

 

“Let’s
do it, Liger!”

 

 

 

 

Doc
and Jamie gulped as they saw the Cerberus’ particle cannons getting ready to
fire.

 

“Jamie,
deploy the forward shield at once!”

 

“What’s
Bit doing out there?” Leena asked.

 

 

 

 

Liger
Zero crouched down and readied itself.
Along its body frame, long, slender compartments opened up, and five
blades deployed on top of its head, the side of its face, and the shoulders. In addition, twin blades deployed from each
side of Liger’s midsection. All nine
blades began to glow, and Liger pre prepared its attack.

 

 

 

 

“Bit’s
crazy, the Cerberus’ armor is too thick for laser blades!” Leon gasped.

 

“Those
aren’t laser blades, Leon,” Jamie responded, “Those are trilon-coated diamond
blades. They’re much tougher than laser
blades.”

 

 

 

 

“Harry,
he’s extended his blades,” Sebastian informed.

 

“It
doesn’t matter; our armor is too thick for them to cut through.”

 

“Prepare
to fire the cannons.”

 

 

 

 

Liger
deployed its boosters and charged ahead.
The blades glowed more intensely, and energy began to crackle from the
tips. As Liger Zero roared towards its
enemy, the energy gathered ahead of it in a swirling tunnel.

 

“KAISER
TRI-BLADE STRIKE!!!”

 

The
energy formed into a blade on each side of Liger Zero’s head, and a third blade
formed directly inside of its mouth.

 

 

 

 

“Fire
the charged particle guns!”

 

 

 

 

The
blast hit Liger head-on, but it dispersed as Bit’s attack cut through it
easily.

 

“AHHHHHHHH!”

 

“It
can’t be!” Harry gasped.

 

Liger
Zero sliced through the Cerberus’ armor like a hot knife through butter. The energy blades hacked off all three of
the heads at the same time so it had no chance for a defense.

 

Bit
landed about fifty yards away from the Cerberus, and it collapsed to the
ground, as its three heads now lay useless on the ground.

 &nbs 

 

 

“The
battle is over…the battle is over…the wi is… is…the Blitz Team!” the judge
announced.

 

 

 

 

“That
was for Leena,” Liger growled in agreement with him. Bit sighed as he tried to catch his breath. Piloting Kaiser was incredibly difficult,
and he was exhausted. The blades
retracted back inside armoarmor, and they made their way back to the Hover
Cargo.

 
bsp;bsp;

 

 

“As
agreed on by both competitors, the loser will be banned from zoids battle
permanently,” the judge stated. “This ruling is final!”

 

 

 

 

“NOOOOOOOO!!!”
Harry shouted as he cried like a big baby. “How could I lose again?”

 

Sebastian
and Benjamin both sweatdropped and wondered if they should look for a new line
of work.

 

 

 

 

Liger
Zero returned to the Hover Ca and and Bit disengaged the Kaiser armor from his
zoid. Its regular Zero armor was put
back in place, and Bit headed into the docking area. After placing his zoid in its repair paddock, he opened the
cockpit and jumped down to the ground.
He placed his hand on Liger’s paw and smiled brightly.

 

“Thanks
Liger, I couldn’t have done it without you.” His zoid merely growled in
acceptance.

 

“Bit!”
a voice shouted happily.

 

He
turned just in time to catch Leena as she jumped into his arms. She nearly squeezed the life out of him, and
he face almost turned blue.

 

“Bit,
that was amazing!” Jamie said emphatically.

 

“He’s
quite right,” Leon added, “You did remarkably well, Bit Cloud.”

 

“Well…let’s
just say that this time I had a little inspiration,” he sighed and looked down
at the young woman in his arms.

 

Leena
blushed and laid her head on his shoulder.
She caught him as he suddenly slumped over, and her face turned from
happy to concerned.

 

“Bit,
are you all right?”

 

“Yeah,
just tired, that new armor takes a lot out of you.”

 

“C’mon,
you should rest,” Leena advised.

 

Bit
chuckled lightly as she helped him down to his room. He could remember doing this for her not to long ago. This time, their roles were reversed, and he
didn’t mind at all.