"You have way too many cool robots," Matt said to Hyuuma.

"Where's Hugo?" Helena asked.

"Oh, yeah! Let's go help him out."

Meanwhile, in the sky, GaiGar tore after the Zonder, who always kept a bit ahead due to its speed. "Guy!" Mikoto said. "It's probably heading toward the airport! Volfogg and the GunMachines are heading there along with HyoRyu and EnRyu, but you need to cut it off as soon as possible!"

"Roger!"

Meanwhile, in the Main Order Room...

"HyoRyu and EnRyu have arrived at the Tokyo International Airport," Kazuo reported, turning from his desk to look at the Commander.

"Volfogg and the GunMachines have arrived," Entouji reported just after, pressing a series of commands into his terminal.

"Right!" Taiga pointed at the screen. "Final Fusion-AUTHORIZED!"

"Yes, sir!" Mikoto's fingers sped all over her keyboard, loading a new program. Green bars based on the readings of Guy and other machines filled to max, each reading the word "PREPARATION". "Final Fusion-Program DRIVE!"

She lifted her fist and smashed it into a glass panel. The panel cracked with the blow, and the red light shining underneath shifted to green. The bars on screen filled again with red, each reading "DRIVE".

Over the airport, GaiGar crossed its arms, and threw them out, expelling a heavy green mist from its hips. "FINAL FUSION!" It spun in a circle, drawing the mist about its form until it was concealed.

R.D. grit his teeth, squinting his eyes despite the weave of wind energy being used to deflect the air rushing past his face. The wind and the roar of the Thunder King was almost deafening, but he didn't care. He weaved the black-armored motorcycle in and out of traffic as he raced towards Tokyo International. Hopefully, Matt would be able to keep up with him in the Firebird.

He could see something in the distance, something massive and green and raging. It looked a lot like the Crystalis flame that Doragon had issued as he initiated Hyper Fusion. Was GaoGaiGar being born once more? Growling, he gunned the engine, and the Thunder King took off flying.

Massive shapes charged toward the field surrounding GaiGar-one, like a great arrow, streaked overhead R.D., briefly casting him in monumental shadow. A stealth fighter...but why was it heading toward GaiGar?

The Zonder swept about and hurtled toward one of the massive airliners. "It's going for one of the planes!" Mikoto said.

"Intercept it!" Taiga commanded to all of the Brave Robots on the scene.

R.D.'s head shot up as the vehicle flew overhead. What in the world? Did the military decide to get back at the Zonder already?

"Roger!" EnRyu cried at the order, arming his ladder rifle. Beside him, HyoRyu armed his crane rifle and began firing, streams of supercold liquid shooting through the air at the incoming Zonder. Moments later, a jet of flame erupted from EnRyu's rifle alongside HyoRyu's, also aimed at the Zonder.

The Zonder roared in pain as the blasts washed across its surface. Turning toward HyoRyu and EnRyu, it released another volley of stinger missiles.

Another shape passed over R.D.. Slender, in a swash of white and blue...a bullet train...?

R.D. gave the overhead object a single, cursory glance before doing a double-take and looking back up. He watched as the bullet train soared overhead without any visible thrusters or engines propelling it, and pierce the raging green hurricane ahead.

A horn blaring caught his attention just in time, and he swerved his motorcycle out of the way of an incoming car, briefly hearing a man scream Japanese obscenities at him as he flew past. He paid them no mind. Man, he hoped the next thing to come through the air towards the hurricane wasn't as freaky.

Explosions tore through the air as the stinger missiles exploding, knocking the weapons out of the Vehicle Machines' grips as the blasts threw them away. Volfogg was suddenly there, in their place. He raised his two boomerangs up and connected them, creating a gigantic four-pronged star that began to glow with more mirror particles.

"Silver Cross!" he cried out, using both hands to fling the giant shuriken at the Zonder.

The Zonder swerved away from the shuriken, and shot toward the nearest airliner.

One final shadow crossed overhead, and this time, even Hugo took notice. "What the hell is that?" he shouted, peering out the window of the Firebird as a gigantic tank, tipped with two golden drills, charged above them toward the spiralling green hurricane in the distance.

So that was DrillGao, Matt figured. They were all here.

Volfogg cursed as the Zonder escaped his attack, and crashed into the airliner and began to warp.

Within the Firebird, Ileyna's eyes suddenly shot open, her hair flaring out blue. A cry escaped her lips. "Something's wrong!" she said, looking over the seat at Matt.

The Thunder King rumbled as he used a broken section of wall as a makeshift ramp to get over the fence of the airport. As he landed with a hard thud, he swerved the bike to a stop, looking at the mangled mass of metal, and of the blue light it was emanating thanks to the Omega Essence. He barely registered the twin-nosed tank crashing into the raging tornado of green smoke.

"Figures that the Zonder's got Omega Essence!" Matt said. Screw the designated roads-the Firebird swerved across the curvy path branching off to various parking lots and services at the airport. "We gotta stall until GaoGaiGar's ready to go!"

Growling, R.D. twisted the bike forward and gunned the engine, causing the back wheel of the Thunder King to shred into the grass before it took off, streaking for the Zonder as it was in the middle of assimilating the airliner. He grit his teeth, readying for his assault.

There was no obstacles in his path. The Thunder King continued to increase in speed, and within moments he was getting close enough to begin his attack. His fist smashed down against a panel in the side of the armor, and in a bright flash, the Thunder King disappeared into a cube in his hand, and R.D.'s body kept going with the momentum. He arced his body forward, and smashed a Godhand-enhanced fist into the asphalt of the runway before he collided with it.

The strike propelled him high up into the air. As he reoriented his body, the cube disappeared into his satchel as his right hand swiped out with a Phase Blade. Energy flared into it as he lifted it up overhead, causing a blade of energy to erupt around it, towering above him.

"Shin Kougenjin!" he bellowed as he slashed downwards with the gigantic blade, firing a wave of cutting energy from it.

The energy wave cleaved the airliner and unleashed an explosion lined with black smoke. It briefly rained rubble and steel.

"Nice shot, R.D.!" Helena shouted.

Matt braked and the Firebird lurched before stopping. Did that Zonder really bite it with just one hit?

A stinger missile charged out of the smoke with screech, aimed toward R.D..

R.D. landed hard on the ground, the blade of his sword smoking; along with the gloved hand holding it. He winced slightly, having used too much power when Lumiya was not capable of it. As he stood up, he slashed the Phase Blade out to the side while diminishing the energy blade.

Over the roar of the explosion and the billowing flames, and of the raining debris, R.D.'s sense of hearing was not that great, and Helena's compliment went unnoticed. He turned around just in time to see the stinger missile fly out of the smoke, the thruster knocking the smoke around it away for a brief second. His eyes widened in shock before the warhead hit and detonated. The ground cratered under the blast, and R.D. disappeared within the flames.

Helena smacked the window with her hands. "R.D.! NO!"

At that point the green mist burst apart. What had begun with GaiGar and the three immense machines had ended with the creation of a brand new warrior, one that seemed quite familiar to Matt.



"GAOGAIGAR!"

The Zonder tore through the smoke. Having absorbed the airliner, it had become larger and more jagged, keeping its silver hue and packing a wide array of missiles underneath its greater wingspan.

GaoGaiGar raised his right forearm, and it began to spin with a high whine. "Broken..." Stinger missiles launched, and GaoGaiGar thrust its arm at the Zonder, releasing it like a powered drill. "MAGNUM!"

The Broken Magnum detonated the missiles mid-air and punched through the wing of the great Zonder aircraft, forcing it to spin.

"Chief!" Mikoto said. "Mamoru and Goldymarg are almost at the scene!"

"Good!" Taiga gestured. "Launch the Dividing Driver!"

Veronica gave a silent nod, and quickly slipped outside. Drawing her blacktail pistol, Veronica made her way to the window. There she saw the bloody trails. Veronica bent down and examined the blood, it was fairly fresh, though she dare not touch it. Veronica straightened back up and followed the trail until she came to a small clearing, there on the floor was a lone couple of infected fighting over a squirrel. Veronica ducked behind a tree before they spotted her. One was a hunter she noticed and the other just a normal infected.

Veronica waited a moment then sprung out. Her eyes flashed onto the two zombieish beings. Her gun quickly pinpointed onto the common infected's head. Its brains covered the hunter's face. Veronica then switched her aim over and fired five shots, three in the hunter's chest and two in the head. With a croak the hunter fell on its back. She shot it twice more, just to be sure. She reloaded with her last spare clip, that she had on her, and headed back. That was it...she hoped.

In the far-off harbor, something long and shimmering flew out of a massive, pod-like vessel sitting in the water. The projectile, covered in a large amount of mirror-coating particles, flew through the air before the coating disintegrated away, revealing a massive, gold-plated object much like a flat-head screwdriver. The Dividing Driver soared out in the direction of the Tokyo International airport.

===Pillar of Dawn, Japan===

There was sounds of gameplay and other revelry coming from the living room of the house, and when Veronica came back in, Alasea was waiting, leaning up against the table.

"You take care of the stragglers?" she asked, looking up at the older woman.

Veronica nodded as she slid her gun into a shoulder holster.

"Just a couple." Veronica said simply, "But..." She lowered her voice a bit, "I'm not sure they were the last. Just keep your eyes out." Veronica said, trying to not say it so Maya could hear.

Bryant then came downstairs as Veronica finished. He seemed drowsy, but at the same time alert.

"What's up? I heard some gunshots."

"Maya alerted me to some stragglers of those infected zombies," Alasea said, keeping her voice low. "I went to go distract here, and Veronica went out to take care of them."

She straightened up, grasping at the power of the Pillar of Dawn, readying a rejuvenation spell to revitalize the man. "She only found two, but there could be more," she said while laying the invisible flows of energy down on him. Within moments, he'd feel rested and awake. "I'll have to keep an eye out for any others. Especially if that skank shows up again."

Bryant nodded, feeling just as expected. He then continued toward them and towards the door.

"Now that we're awake, let's take a look at that boat shall we?" Bryant asked simply, "We can wake Brandon when we get back." He then added.

"Stay here!" Matt said, tossing open the car door as his armor materialized.

"I'm coming too!" Helena said.

Matt snapped the passenger door back in place as she tried to open it. "No way," he said. "I'm just gonna get R.D.. That Zonder will ruin us if we fight it, let the robots take care of it!"

He turned, switching to the lightning elemental gem, and turned on the speed, bolting toward the crater. Damn it...he'd better be okay.

As GaoGaiGar's arm shot back with reverse propulsion, it reattached to the elbow. Now the Zonder was swooping about, unloading its chainguns at the Brave Robots and GaoGaiGar.

HyoRyu and EnRyu quickly split off away from each other as the Zonder made its pass, each of them arming pistol weapons and retaliating by firing back at the machine being. Bolts of blue ice and red-orange fire tore through the air at the Zonder.

Volfogg landed next to the crater that was left from the missile used on R.D., using his frame to try and defend the area. He quickly retaliated by throwing his boomerangs at the creature's wings. Meanwhile, his ears still ringing, R.D. groaned and reached out at the edge of the crater, pulling himself up. Some of his clothes were on fire, but he ignored it; he'd felt flames far hotter before this.

"Fucking Zonder," he muttered, trying to stand up.

===Pillar of Dawn, Japan===

"Yes, let's," Alasea said with a quick smile. "Go get your tank ready. We'll need to put the supplies I made for you in it so you can get them on the boat."

Edited by RisingDragon on February 28, 2009 at 20:25:16.

Bryant nodded and Veronica tossed out the cube. The tank glowed and formed before their eyes as always. Bryant slid open the door to Warmachine and stepped into the driver's seat. Veronica sat in the seat next to him. She glanced down at the radio, but then saw that the thing was still shot to bits from the last incident. Bryant got the thing warmed up and stepped back out.

"Where are they?" He asked simply as Veronica watched down the hill from her vantage point. Just in case.

Alasea, standing at the doorway of the house, simply pointed at the pile of supplies resting against the side of the cabin, off to her right. Most of it, such as foodstuffs and ammunition for their firearms, were already held within the backpacks she had made for them.

"Those backpacks have the same kind of pocket dimension as R.D.'s satchel," she told Bryant, like she told Veronica earlier. "So it'll be easier to carry around your things when you can't use your tank."

Matt grabbed R.D.'s hand and helped him stand. "Come on, man," he said, patting out some of the flames. "Let's get out of here before the Zonder gets wise."

Occupied with firing back at the Brave Robots, the Zonder paid no heed to Matt and R.D.. They shuffled back to the Firebird. "Open the side door!" Matt shouted when they got close, and he pointed to the door at the front of the car.

Helena scrambled out to do so, and Matt helped R.D.. sit down. "Just don't burn my seats, okay?"

"Bite me," R.D. muttered as he tore away the flaming pieces of his clothing, tossing them out the door. He reached for his satchel, to get the silver gemstone out. "I'm really starting to wish we found a way to get Tamaran off-world."

"Are we just gonna sit here or can we do something?" Hugo asked.

"Mamoru has to get here so he can purify the Zonder," Matt said. He leaned in to look at Hyuuma. "I hope he's got some way of getting here. Or do you think we should pick him up?"

"He's coming with Goldymarg," Hyuuma said. "He'll be safe until the Zonder's been destroyed. We need to get out of here, we're in the line of fire, and Guy can't wait forever for us to get out of the way of the Dividing Driver."

"He's right," R.D. said, muttering curses as he went about repairing his clothing. "I can survive a missile to the face, but not all of us can. Especially not your car."

Outside, things were starting to get serious. As a result, tensions grew, and the output of the G-Stone began to rise. For HyoRyu and EnRyu, this meant that their SympaRate climbed and maximized, reaching 100%.

They spoke together at once, as if they were one. "Symmetrical Docking!"

They flew up into the air, their crane and ladder weapons detaching and flying off their armor shifting about over their heads, arms sliding up and locking into place with armor over them, legs locking together and folding back. The two bodies of the Vehicle Machines rotated and attached together, forming a massive body. Their pistols attached into new arms, and a silver-plated head attached between the gigantic shoulders. The body flipped over and landed on its feet, and EnRyu's shield flew down and attached to its front, becoming a gigantic breastplate. The rifle weapons reattached to the Hyper Mechanoid's hips.



"CHORYUJIN!!"

"Right-o!" Locking the doors, Matt hit the gas and swerved toward the direction in which they came.

At this time GaoGaiGar's boosters activated, and the giant mech shot into the sky, to intercept with a huge, golden device, tipped with the large end of a flathead screwdriver. It punched its fist into the open slot in the device, and heavy locks clamped into place about its arm.

"Dividing DRIVER!" Guy shouted, and hit the ground, thrusting the flathead into the pavement. Bars of light flared briefly down the side of the device, expelling a burst of energy into the ground.

At this time Matt looked at R.D., as reality itself suddenly squeezed in on itself. "...Hyuuma, what exactly does the Dividing Driver do?"

Edited by The Helldragon on March 1, 2009 at 21:13:41.

Bryant nodded as he tossed the backpacks inside. After doing so he gave his hands a bit of clap-clap "there all done" motion and stepped in.

"Think that bitch'll bother us at Kattleox?" Bryant asked, almost hesitantly.