Fan Fiction ❯ Kingdom Hearts: The Third Epic ❯ Rise of the Deathsaur ( Chapter 5 )

Rise of the Deathsaur

 

There was only dark in the corridor. No light could be seen as the Dark Kaiser and his key, an ancient Zoidian, reached the door leading to the realm of the zoid eve. A massive door of metal, inscribed with the old runes of ancient Zi, stood in grandeur before them.

“Behold, Fiona.” said Prozen. “Behind these doors, the zoid eve awaits you. Once the zoid eve is revived, then the deathsaur will be resurrected along with it. And then I will become a part of the greatest entity on Zi. There will be none to defy my rule.”

The massive doors began to open with a great rumble. Rubble fell from the foundation as light peered into the dark corridor. Before them, a grand city appeared behind the doors. The place where the zoid eve resided. As the doors pounded against the wall, fully opened, both Fiona and Prozen strolled upon a narrow, white walkway. The walkway itself was a great distance from the ground below. The walkway ended before a tall platform which stood in the form of an octagon shaped tower. Fiona stood upon it at the center and eight great pillars rose from the towers top. Before her stood the zoid eve. A statue of a woman who was responsible for the life and death of all zoids on the planet.

“There before you is the zoid eve.” said Prozen with a chuckle. “The very essence of existence for all zoids. Upon her awakening, I will gain absolute control of this planet. Behold there!!” Prozen pointed to a block of ice and glass which stood high above the walkway. Entombed within the glossy surface, the form of the deathsaur resided, like a dark shadow overlooking the abandoned city. Here is where the deathsaur made its final attempt to destroy all of Zi centuries before. “Now go, Fiona. Carry out your destiny and awake the zoid eve so that I may become all powerful.”

“I cannot do that.” Fiona responded. “I cannot allow you to have your way. If the zoid eve is revived and the deathsaur is restored, then all of Zi will be destroyed. You will end up obliterating what you so desired to rule. Don't you realize, Prozen? You are only being controlled by the deathsaur's will.”

“Must I explain it to you. I am no longer Prozen. I have become something far greater. I have become the deathsaur. And once you revive the zoid eve, then I can once again inhabit the body of my true form.” There was a sudden silence between the two. “What are you waiting for?! Fulfill your destiny!”

“I refuse!” said Fiona.

“What?! You refuse?!”-

“I can only do what is best for all of Zi! I will destroy the zoid eve!”-

“You little fool!” Prozen lunged forth, but a barrier of energy already protected the tower. Nothing could now enter where Fiona stood. “Don't tell me that you're really planning to destroy the zoid eve.”

“It is best for all of Zi. It is the only solution before me.”-

“But don't you realize that if you destroy the zoid eve, you would be destroying all the zoids on this planet as well? They will cease to exist. And I am sure you don't want that sort of burden to be placed on your shoulders.”-

 

“But I believe it is best. If I destroy the zoid eve, then at least Zi would be spared from the wrath of the deathsaur. That is a sacrifice I'd be willing to take.” She now stood towards the zoid eve. A silver column appeared within the center and Fiona placed her hands over it. It was the activation device to the zoid eve. But as she stood determined to carry out with her plan, Prozen only scoffed.

“I don't think you'll really do it.” chucked Prozen. “No! I know you won't do it. Because you are not the type to destroy living things. You know that if you destroy all the zoids, by eliminating the zoid eve, you would also be taking away the source which has been used to sustain life on this planet. Many humans on this planet depend upon the zoids for their livelihood. They use zoids for heavy labor, transportation, and war. Deprive humans of that and you would have jeopardized their lives as well. It would be no different then if the deathsaur was to go on a rampage. And I'm sure you wouldn't be able to stomach such a loss of life, knowing that it was all your fault.”

Fiona hesitated. She was now fully aware of the effect that would occur if she were to destroy the zoid eve. She lowered her hand.

“If I destroy the zoid eve,” she thought, “I would have caused a sudden shift of the livelihood of people everywhere if I deprive them of their zoids.”

At that moment, Isis appeared next to Prozen.

“I see we have a situation here.” he said. “Your precious ancient zoidian proving to be more of a stubborn bother for you than expected, Kaiser?”

“No.” replied Prozen. “She just needs to figure out what the best course of action is. But eventually, she will have to yield to my point of view.”

“Don't underestimate the stubbornness of the female species. They tend to hold their ground no matter what the situation. But I do understand the consequence of her actions. To make the wrong decision could prove fatal to all life on the planet. I don't know how humans would fare against the hardships without their zoids to aid them.”-

Their conversation was spoken clearly so that Fiona could hear every word and dwell on every statement made. She suddenly turned towards the two villains with and determined look on her face.

“I know what you are trying to do.” she said, angrily. “You are forcing me to dwell on the decision I will make and the circumstances that would emerge as a result of that decision. But you continue to point out the negative aspects of one side of the argument in hoping that I would in some way turn to the other solution for answers. But I know the consequence for turning to your ideal. At least, if I were to destroy the zoid eve now, the hardships endured by the people of Planet Zi may have dire results, but at least they will survive. They will adapt to a new way of life and find a new way of making a living. Whereas, if I were to sink to your level and resurrect the zoid eve for the sake of the zoids themselves, then I would have forsaken both they and humans. No one would be safe from the wrath of the deathsaur.”-

“Don't you think you talk too much for your own good, girl.” said Isis. “Less talking and more action!”

“I will do what is best by my agenda.”-

Isis grew angry and lunged forth. The power of the shield held him off temporarily. However, because he accumulated so much inner chi, he was able to break through the shield without further strain. He grabbed Fiona by the arms and brought her up close to his eyes. Both glared into each other's pupils.

“You know what the difference is between Prozen and I?” he said. “I don't have the patience to conflict with such a naive little girl like you!” Isis stretched out his hand and raised the center control pillar. Suddenly, he activated the power of the zoid eve. Within minutes, the zoid eve began to glow.

 

“How could you do this?!” she cried. “How could you?!”-

“Quite simple.” Isis replied. “The only thing about ancient zoidians is that they are more prone to the ability of inner chi than humans are. So they are able to accumulate a larger amount of energy. And because of that ability, they are able to sense sudden shifts in the natural energy balance more effectively that humans can. Activation of such a wonder like the zoid eve also requires above natural abilities. However, because I have the ability to manipulate energy at a greater level then you, I am able to perform the same skills as you. But with greater effectiveness.” Isis then turned to Prozen. “Now fulfill your destiny, Prozen. Take the body of the deathsaur and achieve your ultimate goal!”

“Thank you very much, Isis.” said Prozen. “Because of you, I am now able to take possession of the most powerful zoid on Zi.”

“No! Why have you done this?!” Fiona shouted.

“The reason is because Prozen is like me.” chuckled Isis. “He and I have the same principles. We both wish to annihilate and conquer. Besides, as they say `evil attracts evil.' And to tell you the truth, it's good Samaritans like you that I despise the most!”

 

 

At the same time, Van and the others were continuously trudging through the ever deepening snow.

“Damn that Isis!” shouted Raven. “Him and his self made blizzard!”

“We have to get through this somehow!” added Van. He had been using his blades to help melt the thickening snow and their path was slowly cleared. “Raven use your charged particle gun. That'll at least give us less time trying to fight off this maelstrom.”

“I would like to, but after our last battle, the genobreaker lost almost all its power. I can't even fly out of this mess on my own as I am now. Let alone firing my charged particle gun.”-

“Then, allow me to try.” said Reese. “I still have enough power to fire a charged particle beam.”

“Then, I leave the rest to you.” said Van.

The blue genosaur made its way to the front. Revealing its gun barrel and activating its foot lock, the genosaur began to power up its main cannon. In an instant, the charged particle gun melted a path in the middle of the blizzard.

“Alright!” said Van. “Let's get going.”

However, as they began their run, they saw that the strong winds and heavy snowfall began to impede their path again. They had only gone a few hundred yards before their cleared path was covered by ice once more.

“It's no good.” said Sora from the gummi ship. “This storm is far too great to pass through.”

“That loathsome Isis!” said Riku, angrily. “Having to interfere. At this rate, we'll never make it.”

“Wait!” said Raven. “You can fly out of this storm can't you?”

“We can do that. However, we have wasted a lot of fuel trying to reach your world. If we try to accelerate now and break through the strong air currents above the storm, we would have wasted a good, extra 15% out of our booster capacity. And since we only have 16% of our booster power left, we would end up plummeting back into the storm.”-

 

 

“He has a point though.” said Mickey. “We have to risk it. If we just hover around here, we won't get anything accomplished. We might have only 1% boosting capacity left, but is should be enough to get us to where the zoid eve is and stall some time.”

“We have no choice, but to try!” said Sora.

“Very well!” Riku agreed. “Then, set our boosters to maximum output! We have to time our ascension perfectly, or we'll end up using more fuel than expected! Donald! Prepare to set off rocket boosters on my signal!”

“Roger that!” replied Donald, easing the nose of the gummi ship to a high angle. “Boosters to maximum output! Ready to ignite in 5...4...3...2...1...!”

After finishing the count down, Donald ignited the boosters and the gummi ship breeched over the darkened clouds of the maelstrom. They reached the clear sky only to run out of fuel. The ship glided towards the city structure within the valley. Pecking along the ridge surrounding the ruined city, the gummi ship landed safely on the ground with minimal damage. The five emerged with stars circling around their heads.

“Nice landing.” said Mickey, sarcastically.

“Well excuse me!” replied Donald, slightly peeved. “Is it my fault that we ran out of fuel and booster power and that this oversized paperweight fell like a rock?!”

“Well...”-

“Shut up!”-

“This is no time to quarrel, you guys.” said Riku. “We have to remain as inconspicuous as possible.”

“Yeah.” added Sora. “And make sure that they don't see us too.” Riku suddenly smacked Sora at the back of the head. “Hey! What was that for?!”

“Idiot! That's what inconspicuous means!”-

“Well, if that inconspicuous means what I think it does, I aught to punch you right in the nose!” added Donald, pointing his finger at Riku.

“It just means not to be noticeable, or prominent.” chuckled Goofy. The others looked at him in amazement.

“Since when did you get so smart?”-

“I forget.”-

“Well, now that that menagerie is over, can we get going.” Riku interrupted.

“What does menagerie mean?” asked Donald. Goofy came forward again.

“It means....”-

“Never mind, Goofy! Let's just go!!”-

 

 

At the same time, Isis awaited the moment that Prozen entered the body of the imprisoned Deathsaur. Prozen for some reason only glared at it for a great deal of time.

“Prozen!!” shouted Isis. “If you don't mind, I'd appreciate if you embody yourself in that monstrosity as soon as you can!!”

“Just wait!” Prozen replied. “I have finally achieved my ultimate goal! I want to savor this moment! The moment when I finally achieve true power!”

“Well, apparently you've taken too long for your savoring moment! We have company!”-

Prozen looked to see several individuals descending to the path. It was none other than Sora and the others. Their weapons drawn, they stood ready to do battle.

 

“Not so fast, Dark Kaiser!!” shouted Sora.

“Well, it looks like we do have company.” chuckled Prozen. “And what do you five want!”

“Isn't it obvious?!” said Riku. “We've come to stop your twisted plans!”

“That's all very well said, but I know where I stand in power. However, you don't know where you stand in power!”-

“So, you fools finally caught up with me!” said Isis. “I could've sworn that you were locked in the powerful blizzard I created!”

“We're not so easy to take down as you thought!” said Mickey. “Your expansion ends here!”

“Do you know these fools?” asked Prozen.

“Of course!” replied the ninja. “Those five have come to prevent my takeover of this world!”

“Do not worry then! There average human powers are no match for me!”-

“You idiot! Don't underestimate them! They are the ones who defeated the Heartless Empire!”-

“I don't care who they are! They won't be able to stop me from my fulfilling my destiny!”-

“I'll show you!!” shouted Sora, lunging at the dark Kaiser with his sword. But as he neared him, Prozen deployed an energy shield which easily repelled the young man's attack. Sora rolled back to his feet and thrust the sword before him.

“Are you OK, Sora?” asked Riku.

“I'm fine. Just got carried away.”-

“Ha! You see!” chuckled Prozen. “You are no match for me!”

“That's what you think!” Sora uttered. “I won't make that same mistake again!” Sora rushed forward again, but this time he jumped over Prozen's head, landing behind him. He slashed with the sword, but the energy shield deflected the hit. Sora's blade clashed with the energy, causing an electrical surge to spread.

“What are you thinking?!” the Kaiser chuckled. “No matter how much you try, you can never penetrate this shield I've created!”

“Says you!!” shouted a voice from behind. Prozen suddenly looked to see Riku attacking from behind. Without being able to defend himself, Prozen's shield was not concentrated on Riku's attack and Riku broke through, slashing at the metal surface of the zoid core. Prozen backed off in time, but the damage had been done. Upon the glossy surface of the zoid core, which fused with his body, there was a deep cut mark made by the sword.

“Not so tough now are you?!” said Sora. “Your shield is only most effective when you're concentrating on one person's attack. However, when being attacked from both sides, you seem to have trouble keeping up with our assault.”

“That was only a lucky shot!” Prozen bellowed. “But I'll make sure not to make that same mistake again!”

“Well, then I hope you do mind if we take a bit of the action!” said Mickey, pointing his keyblade before him. Donald and Goofy were ready to fight as well, wielding their weapons in a posture meant only for offensive battle.

 

“Let's get him!” shouted the five, attacking the dark Kaiser upon the narrow path. Prozen began to deflect each attack. Using sonic booms as his weapon, he fended off his attackers. But despite his efforts, he could not fend off all five at the same time. After only a few attacks, Sora and the others figured out his plan of attack and were able to predict his every move.

“This is impossible!” said Prozen. “How can these mere boys manage to outdo me in battle?!” Only after a few minutes of battle did the five righteous fighters reassemble their group and made ready for another assault.

“Face it, Prozen!” said Riku. “We know your every move now! There's no way that you can take us down!”

“I can't believe this! How can I not be able to face these hatchlings and win?!”-

“It's over!” cried Sora, as he and the others lunged forward.

Suddenly, Isis emerged before Prozen. For a moment, or two, Sora and the others halted their attack on the dark Kaiser.

“Icicle Shuriken!” he cried. And from his fingers, several icicle blades appeared and launched themselves against the attackers. They lodged themselves into the ground just below Sora's feet. Isis turned to Prozen. “I told you you're no match for them as you are. If you want to do away with these little bugs for good, I suggest you get your worthless hide into that zoid's body and stop wasting anymore time!”

“Very well then.” said Prozen. As soon as he turned to the deathsaur, his body began to glow and it began hovering over to the large black of ice to which the deathsaur was entombed. Isis made a snicker.

“That's right, Prozen.” he thought to himself. “Once you enter the deathsaur, all will be going according to plan.”

“No you don't, Prozen!” shouted Riku. “I won't let you merge with the deathsaur!” However as Riku began to renew his assault against the dark Kaiser, Isis suddenly confronted him.

“If you wish to get to him, you'll have to go through me first!” Isis thrust out his hand and a freezing wind bellowed forth and blew Riku against a wall. His body being incased in ice.

“Riku!” cried Sora. He angrily turned towards Isis. “Leave him alone, you scum!” He lunged forth with his sword, but Isis again used the same attack which he used on Riku and young Sora was pinned against the wall with his body locked in a block of ice as well.

“You'll pay for that!” shouted Mickey, as he, Donald, and Goofy made their final attempt, but they too met the same attack. Donald, however managed to fall back slightly and avoid the attack. At the same time, both Goody and Mickey were frozen in ice.

“Perhaps next time you'll know better than to interfere.” said Isis. “We will carry out with our plans. And you, my dear friends, shall watch as we obtain the greatest power this world has ever known!”

They could only watch helplessly as Prozen's body was absorbed into the body of the deathsaur. In seconds, the great block of ice and glass which acted as a prison for the deathsaur began to break. Sora and the others could only watch helplessly as this monster of Zi was reawaken again to reek havoc throughout the planet.

“Yes!!” shouted Prozen joyfully from inside the deathsaur. “Now here at last, I have gained the ultimate power on Zi! Now there is no one who can stop me!”

“Excellent work!” added Isis. “Now that you have the power which you have always seeked, you are once again free to spread chaos all over this miserable little sphere! Go forth and show them your true power! As I shall show mine!”

“Now there is no one to stop us!”-

 

“That's what you think!!” shouted a voice. From above the pathway, leading to the control panel to the zoid eve, Van, Reese, and Raven emerged, leading their zoids into battle. The three zoids presented themselves before the deathsaur, ready to fight.

“Van!” cried Fiona from the control panel.

“Are you alright, Fiona.” young Flyheight asked her.

“I'm fine, Van. I'm glad to see that you made it.”-

“You are too late, Flyheight!” chuckled Isis. “Prozen has already gained the ultimate power! There is no way that you'll win now! Give up while you're still alive! It is pointless to fight against him!”

“That's something we just can't do!” said Raven. “If we must die, then we'll die fighting!”

“That's right!” Van added. “I won't just sit here and allow you to have your way! Let's go, Zeke!!”

The silver organoid within the blade liger gave a soft growl in agreement and the three zoids went into battle. Despite the odds stacked against them, these former enemies now joined together to try and eliminate a common enemy.

 

 

Not far from the Valley of the Rarehurtz, the great zoid, Ultrasaurus, was approaching at its maximum pace. This massive zoid carried upon its back the secret weapon created by the Gylos Empire. Known as the gravity cannon, this weapon fired a heavily condensed projectile called a planetelicite shell, a substance that is highly concentrated in its atomic make up. So much that it has its own gravitational pull. Thus, the effect of the deployed shell, when reaching its target, creates a semi-black hole.

Upon the bridge, Colonel Rob Herman and members of both the Imperial Gylos Empire and the Helic Republic awaited their destination.

“We are reaching our destination, Sir.” said one of the attendants. “It appears that the deathsaur and Van Flyheight have assembled at the Valley of the Rarehurts.”

“Make sure to have all stabilizers to there maximum!” said Herman.

“Stabilizers to their maximum!”-

“Inform weapons control! Tell Colonel Carl Shuvaultz to load the planetelicite shell!”-

“At once!”-

Colonel Carl Shuvaultz, the elder brother of Thomas Richard Shuvaultz, was in charge of activating the gravity cannon.

“Acknowledged.” he replied to the bridge. “Loading planetelicite shell!”

“Loading planetelicite shell!” said one of the attendants.

“Set coordinates to intended target! Target is the deathsaur!”-

 

 

Meanwhile, in the skies above the ultrarsaurus, a series of whale king battle cruisers, sent by the Gylos Empire, overlooked the Valley of the Rarehurtz. Aboard one of the whale kings, Emperor Rudolph gazed upon the sight which he had never wished to see again. The sight of the deathsaur, the very monster which inflicted so much chaos upon his capital city a year before, filled him with a great fear.

“I never would have thought that monster would come again to reek havoc upon Zi.” he said. “But I am willing to do everything possible to see that that thing doesn't go beyond the borders of that valley.”

 

“Are you sure that it's safe for you to be here, your Majesty?” asked Prime Minister Homeleff. “By being here, we'd be in the front line of battle. And there might be a chance that we'd be shot down.”

“There's no need to fear. Besides, what good am I if I can't help boost the morale of our troops without being beside them as well?”-

“I do see what you mean, your Majesty.”-

 

 

“More insects.” Isis uttered.

“What was that?” said Prozen. The deathsaur turned around to see the coming of the Republican and Imperial forces. “What fools they all are! Don't they know that it's utterly futile to fight against me now! I am the most powerful zoid in all of Zi now! And to show that I'm right, I will give them the full power of my charged particle gun!” From the open mouth of the deathsaur, a large ball of energy began to accumulate. Then, from the mouth of the monster, a powerful energy beam bellowed forth. It's first target was the ultrasaurus.

 

“High energy approaching us at a high speed!” cried one of the attendants.

“Make sure that shields are deployed to their maximum!” Herman ordered.

“Aye, Sir!”-

The beam hit the shield, but was immediately deflected. However, the impact took out 25% of the shields energy capacity.

“Shield is still holding, Sir!” cried a second attendant. “However, if the deathsaur continues to target us, then our shields will give out!”

“How's the status on the gravity cannon?!” asked Herman.

“Locking on to the target now!” said Shuvaultz, from the control room. “Maximum levels in ten seconds! Ready to fire in 5...4...3...2...1...! Target locked!!”

“FIRE!!”-

From the cannon bellowed a great boom and the planetelicite shell was launched into the air. It screamed as it approached and fell towards its intended target. However, though the deathsaur had spotted the incoming shell, it did nothing to prevent the impact.

 

“You fools!” chuckled Prozen. The shell hit and a great gravitational pull was deployed over the deathsaur. Everything surrounding the deathsaur was suppressed and a crater began to form. However, amidst the crater, the deathsaur began to deploy an energy ring which suppressed the gravity, absorbing it into the atmosphere. The personnel aboard the deathsaur and within the united forces watched in horror as their only hope to save Zi was easily thwarted by the power of the deathsaur. “Don't you realize there is nothing you can do to stop me now! I am all powerful! And just to show you! I will deploy the ultimate charged particle gun.”

The deathsaur raised its head towards the sky and bellowed forth another energy beam. The beam went through the energy ring above and split into separate entities. These entities were then deployed throughout Zi and their impact caused mass destruction upon towns and cities. Entire populations disappeared in an instant.

 

“It can't be!” said Herman. “It's all over!”

“He rendered the gravity cannon useless!” said Dr. D.

 

“I never thought it would end like this!” said Thomas.

“No!” cried Irvine. “I can't accept this! We can't just sit here and wait for the end!”

 

At the same time, Riku, Sora, and the others could only watch in awe and horror, as they saw this monster in action.

“I can't believe that there's such power like this!” said Riku. “How could we've thought to take this thing out!”

“It's more terrifying than I expected!” added Sora. “If we were only free of this ice!”

“Don't worry.” Donald whispered, emerging next to them.

“Donald. You didn't get frozen.”-

“No I didn't. And shut up, or I won't be able to free you without mister ninja spotting me.” he used his fire spell to melt the ice.

 

Meanwhile, Reese, Raven, and Van attacked the deathsaur at its feet. They probed the monster for weaknesses.

“It's no use!” said Reese. “We won't be able to inflict any damage at this rate.”

“We can't give up now, Reese!” replied Van. “We must make a last effort to destroy the deathsaur!”

“Prozen!!” roared Raven. “I'll see you dead!”

“What annoying fools you are!” chuckled Prozen. “Can you not see how futile it is to fight against me?! So far, you are only flies to me! Not much of a threat!”

“I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!!”-

“You think that after all you've seen, you would have known the truth! But still you wish to deny that your powerless against me!”-

Upon the control tower, Fiona could only watch as her comrades made their desperate stance to battle against the raving monster.

“This fight is so meaningless now.” she thought. “There in only one possible way to defeat the deathsaur and that is to destroy the zoid eve. That is a sacrifice I am willing to take!”

 

Isis gazed on as the deathsaur easily repelled the attackers. He folded his arms in front of him and sighed.

“Pity! What a waste of my time!” he said to himself. “I could've had this much fun too!”

“Why watch it then when you can join in!” said a voice. Isis turned to see that Sora and the others were free of their icy prisons.

“Well, I see that you have freed yourselves, but it is too late. The deathsaur has been reawakened! And there is nothing that you fools can do about it!” he turned towards them. “All is going according to my plan.”

“What do you mean according to your plan?!” asked Mickey.

“Yeah!” said Riku. “Have you seen the power of that thing?! Not even you can stand against it!”

“That is precisely why I allowed Prozen to take possession of the deathsaur.” chuckled Isis. “I wanted him to gain the so called ultimate power so that he would think he was invincible entirely! Only to find out that his deathsaur is none other than a big fancy toy! Believe me! Do you think I would allow him to take possession of such a monster, if I knew I couldn't surpass him?!”

 

“You mean you plan to...?”-

“That's right! I will destroy him myself!”-

Upon the pinnacle of power, Prozen launched another powerful energy beam through the ring and separate waves spread in different directions, causing great devastation throughout the planet. Though it seemed hopeless for Van and the others, they continued to fight on. However, due to the immense power of the deathsaur, neither the genosaur, the genobreaker, or the blade liger make an effective effort to stop it.

“Ha! I see you still intend to fight me!” chuckled Prozen.

“I cannot allow you to spread further chaos!” cried Van.

“As long as I live and breathe, I will not stop the fight!” shouted Raven, angrily.

“You used us as your pawns because we were easy to manipulate.” added Reese. “Because we had no other point in life! But now that you intend to destroy everything within this world, we have found a new purpose to fight! And that is to fight on to protect this world!!”

“Isn't that touching! Losers fighting for a lost cause!” The deathsaur swept the three away like gnats. “Hiltz had the right idea! Only the strong are meant to survive! And now that I can be dubbed as the strongest, there is no longer a need for you fools to exist any further! The weak shall perish! I shall cleanse all of Zi of its worthless populous and build a world for the strong and the powerful!”

As Prozen walked about, demolishing ruins along his path, he noticed Isis glaring at him with a smirk streaked upon his face.

“Quite a sight!” said Isis. “Quite a sight indeed!”

“Thank you for your efforts!” chuckled Prozen. “Because of you, I was able to gain the deathsaur's power with very little effort on my part!”

“I'm glad that you think so! Now that you have gained the greatest power on Zi, I shall now eliminate you as promised!” Prozen chuckled thinking it as some sort of humorous joke, but he saw that Isis was no longer grinning.

“You must be joking, right?”-

“No, Prozen. I'm afraid not.” There was a long silence before Prozen began to laugh uncontrollably.

“You defeat me?! Have you lost your senses completely?! Have you not seen the true power of the deathsaur?! Or have you been wandering around in your fantasy world for too long?! I have no weakness! The deathsaur is invincible from top to bottom! And you're telling me that you can eliminate me?! I don't know where you got off on the wrong foot, Isis, but I know for a fact there is no way that's possible!”-

“If you put your mind to it, you can do anything.”-

“And what sort of weapon will you use against me?!”-

“I will use my own strength.”-

Prozen only guffawed even more. He could not believe what he was hearing.

“Your own strength! Now I know that you've truly lost your senses completely! You intend to face me with nothing, but your bare hands?! You fool!”-

“That's all I'll need for this job.”-

“Very well. Let's see how tough you are facing against the invincible deathsaur.”-

“I would also like to point out that the deathsaur isn't as powerful as you say it is. As a matter of fact, I think I'd be able to point out three possible weaknesses.”-

“You bluff. This zoid has no weakness whatsoever!”-

 

The deathsaur swung its mighty tail and plunged it onto the walkway where Isis stood. The impact caused the walkway to collapse in that particular area. Sora and the others jumped out of the way, making it to the doorway. Dust fell upon them and they coughed harshly.

“What a bizarre turn of events!” said Riku. “They're fighting against each other now.”

“Talk about irony.” added Sora. “What do we do?”-

“We're not much use here. It's best that we stay out of it.”-

“But the deathsaur isn't that powerful is it, Riku?”-

“It's not the deathsaur that worries me.”-

“He's right, Sora.” said Mickey. “The deathsaur is intimidating. That much is clear. But it only has so many abilities. If that charged particle gun is the best form of attack it's equipped with, then perhaps it's not as powerful as we thought. I believe Isis has already seen that.”

The deathsaur raised its tail and turned towards the demolished bridge. There was nothing, but rubble to meet its gaze.

“You were a fool to defy me!” said Prozen. “I told you that you lost your senses completely! All it took was one swing to do away with you for good!”

“You certainly make large assumptions about an enemy you've never encountered.” chuckled a voice. Prozen looked behind him to find Isis hovering in mid-air. Prozen was all astonished.

“You can fly?! How are you doing that?!”-

“What difference is it to you?! We still have a battle to finish! Or have you started to believe that there is a possible way of defeating you?!”-

“Shut up!!” The deathsaur swung its tail again, but missed the shinobi who easily dodged it without much effort.

“Here's weakness number one.” Isis explained. “The deathsaur's offensive and defensive capabilities are quite impressive. Unfortunately, because its weighed down with only attack and defense, it significantly lacks in terms of speed. Which means that you wouldn't be able to hit me no matter how much you try. If the tail is the best thing you have to swiping an opponent, I can predict your every move every time.”

“Silence you!!” shouted Prozen. And the deathsaur began its destructive run once again. At the same time, Van and the others couldn't believe what they were seeing.

“I don't believe this.” said Van. “He's making fun of the deathsaur.”

“I would like to know where he learned to fly like that.” added Raven.

“He might actually do it.”-

“That's what's troubling me, Flyheight. If he wins, then he'll be our next opponent. And how can we favor against a guy who can fly around like that.”-

“Just because he can fly doesn't mean that we can't beat him.”-

The battle raged on against the mighty deathsaur and the agile shinobi, Isis. Despite the deathsaur's reputation for being invincible, it was not able to inflict any damage on its opponent.

“Stand still you!!” shouted Prozen, angrily.

“What's wrong? Losing patience?” chuckled Isis.

“That's it! I've have enough of your ego!” The deathsaur began to charge up his charged particle gun and thrust it towards the ground. “If I can't catch you, then I'll just destroy you along with everything else!!”

“Prozen!! Don't!!” Van pleaded.

 

“He means to defeat Isis by destroying everything!” said Riku. “If he fires a charged particle beam into the ground at his present magnitude, everything within a two hundred mile radius would be vaporized!”

Isis appeared before the monster and stood in front of the charged particle gun's open barrel.

“I like your style.” chuckled Isis. “Attempting to destroy me by destroying everything else. Amazing what a fanatic like you will do just to win.”

“DIE YOU!!!” Prozen fired his charged particle gun straight at the grinning shinobi. But instead, Isis threw his hand out before him and grasped hold of the powerful beam. Everything behind him was obliterated. Despite the destruction, Isis remained steadfast with that particular smirk on his face.

“Can you believe what we're seeing?!” said Van, astonishingly.

“He's actually deflecting the beam from the deathsaur's charge particle gun.” added Raven. “But how?! How can someone be able to do that?!”

“He isn't a member of the Cavendish Shinobis for nothing I guess.” said Riku.

 

Upon the ultrasaurus and amongst both the republican and imperial forces, they watched in fear as the battle continued to take shape.

“It can't be!” said Herman.

“He's going head to head with the deathsaur!” Rudolph stated.

“But that's impossible for anyone to do!” said Irvine.

“And that's at maximum power.” added Thomas. “No one can do such a thing as taking on a blast from a charged particle gun head on. He must be some sort of god!”

“A demon's more liked it!”-

Prozen could only watch on helplessly as his charged particle beam, even though at maximum power, was easily being deflected without further efforts by Isis.

“You...you can't be doing this.” cried Prozen. “No one has the capability of holding off a beam of such incredible magnitude! No one!”

It was then that Isis, licking his lips with delight, thrust the energy beam back at the deathsaur. The impulse made contact with the deathsaur and the charged particle gun system began to rupture. The circuits within the charged particle system began to overload. Smoke bellowed forth from both the barrel and the converter. Prozen tried to fire another charged particle beam, but since the system was ruptured to the point where it could no longer function, attempting you use the deathsaur's main weapon was out of the question.

“Damn it!!” shouted Prozen. “You rendered my main weapon useless!”

“Quit your whining.” chuckled Isis.

“You bastard! I'll kill you!”-

“How?! You've been deprived of your main weapon. Thus, I reach the next weakness of your so called invincible deathsaur. The deathsaur has gained a reputation for being the most feared in all of Zi. And the main reason for that is because of the effectiveness of its charged particle gun. However, because I have rendered your charged particle gun inoperable, you've lost a powerful asset that could've turned the tide of battle. Unlike the other weapons which the deathsaur is equipped with, the charged particle gun has no limits and doesn't have to be refitted. However, once deprived of its most powerful weapon, the deathsaur is no more effective than any other zoid. So in reality, it wasn't the deathsaur itself that was feared, but rather the charged particle gun that it was equipped with.”-

 

“He's right.” said Van. “That's the one thing that we all feared. It's like the deathstinger. We feared it because of such a weapon.”

“It's do to the wide spread destructive force that made it so feared.” Raved added. “The charged particle gun was dubbed one of the deathsaur's greatest and most untouchable weaknesses! But now that that weakness has been exploited, what good is the deathsaur in combat now?!”

The deathsaur rose up above the abandoned city once again. Isis hovered ever higher and confronted the now crippled monster.

“Now that you've been deprived of your most powerful apparatus,” Isis explained, “there's no threat for me to confront any further. Therefore, you are disposable.” Isis began to accumulate a great amount of energy and a series of clouds began to swirl in a vortex movement above the deathsaur's head. “This is another one of my techniques which I dubbed the name Sub-zero Strike.”

“I won't let you carry it out though!” chuckled Prozen. “I still have my conventional weapons!” But as he tried to deploy them, he realized that his other armaments were not functioning. “What is going on?! Why can I not deploy my other weapons?!”

“That's because I already deployed my attack! The Sub-zero Strike is an attack which manipulates the temperature in the atmosphere! It can reach from one to one hundred and thirty degrees below zero in less than ten seconds. This further comes to another weakness I've pointed out. Like all zoids, the deathsaur gives out a great amount of heat. Heat is what keeps a zoid alive. And because the planet Zi consist mostly of hot and humid, dry and arid, or wet climate areas, zoids have adapted to such temperatures. However, long hard winters aren't things that are experienced very much. Once you deprive a zoid of the necessary heat needed to function properly, they eventually shut down. But you didn't do enough research did you, Prozen. And because of that fatal flaw, this is the result. Now that the deathsaur has been exposed to extreme cold, it's no longer of any use than as a large paperweight.” The skies cleared again and the deathsaur had turned a pale red. Frost had covered it entirely and its armaments were shut tight do to the ice that accumulated upon its surface. “I've indulged you long enough. Now this must be finished.”

“What is he doing?” said Van.

“He must be ready to deploy a second attack.” said Riku.

Isis raised his hand above him and began to accumulate his energy. Above him, a large ball of ice and snow began to emerge.

“Sorry about all this, Prozen.” the shinobi chuckled. “But since you are of no further use, I shall eliminate you. Using the same attack I used to defeat Hiltz.”

“What?!” said Prozen. Everyone else was shocked to hear the news as well. “You were the one who defeated Hiltz?!!”

“What's wrong? Have I really said something so unusual? Then again, I never really specified who, or what was responsible for his death. Hiltz was no more of a challenge than you were. He put too much faith in the use of a weapon that he didn't realize his own weakness. And as a result, both he and the deathstinger were destroyed.”-

“I don't believe it.” said Van. “He defeated Hiltz!”

“He took down the deathstinger.” added Raven.

“But the deathstinger was invincible wasn't it?” asked Reese.

 

“So was our perception on the deathsaur. But now that's changed. We were so caught up in the effectiveness of these zoids, we didn't realize that their weaknesses were so obvious.”-

“Farewell Prozen!” chuckled Isis, holding a massive ice sphere above his head. “If only you weren't the core of the deathsaur itself, you could've survived. This next attack reaches to five hundred degrees below zero. That means instant death for anyone who comes in contact with it. Despite, your impeccable heat source, you can only release so much heat at one time. So not even the inner structures of the deathsaur with survive. It will freeze, core and all. Instant death for both you and the deathsaur.”

“How could you?!” cried Prozen. “How could you betray me like this?!”

“Betrayal, you say? I've been planning to get rid of you from the start. I just wanted you to acquire the power of the deathsaur so that you could fully realize how futile it was to defeat me. Give my regards to oblivion”-

“Why is this happening to me?! Why? Why?! Why?!!”-

“ICEBERG BLITZ!!!” Isis thrust the ball of ice at the deathsaur. Within seconds of impact, the deathsaur was frozen solid and now a pure white. Prozen's voice was now silent within the deathsaur. Isis thrust icicle shurikens at the deathsaur and like a fragile piece of glass, the deathsaur shattered into thousands of icy shards. As they gazed upon the horror. The shards began to melt and what once was the most feared zoid in all of Zi was no more.

“I can't believe it.” said Van. “It's over.”

“The deathsaur has been defeated.” Raven agreed.

“You're wrong!” cried Riku, from the demolished walkway. “It's only just beginning.”

They suddenly remembered that there was still one who remained. And he hovered just above them. Isis gazed upon the survivors and grinned.

“Now the only one you must worry about from now on is me!” he laughed. “Now, no one can stop me! No one!”

“Except for us!” shouted Sora. His sword drawn towards his enemy.

“Then the final battle begins!”-

Now the only thing that stood between Isis and total destruction of the Zi realm was a hand full of young, determined warriors, desperate to stop his reign of terror.