Van and the others are warned that a battle will happen near where they are soon. Van won't leave though because he wants to stay to find and fight Raven again. Moonbay and Fiona try to convince him to leave, but Van is determined to stay and fight Raven, though he doesn't know what he will do when he finds him, just that he wants to fight him one more time. Moonbay asks Irvine for help, but he doesn't want to and leaves. Raven, meanwhile, destroys some more sleeper Zoids. He then finds Marcus in a town and refuses to listen to him. Marcus talks to Major Karl Schubaltz, who has just recieved his Iron Kong. They plot their attack on the Cronos Fortress, and Marcus tells Karl that his unit will attack the fortress while Karl's unit will watch. Karl thinks that they should wait and team up, but Marcus says that the orders have been changed (by Prozen). Irvine investigates the situation and tries to predict what will happen. He finds out that the Republicans have a bold plan.

Fiona and Zeke try to get Van out of the Shield Liger by tempting him with chicken, and Van eventually gives in. That night, he eats a lot of chicken, but he still won't leave because he wants to fight Raven. Moonbay's plan is to feed him a lot of food until he goes to sleep and then tie him up. Later, Van is in the Liger again and he realizes that he needs to bring out the full potential of his Zoid if he wants to beat Raven. Irvine then arrives and tells Van that the Imperial army is going to attack the Cronos Fortress and Raven will probably be there too. Van is going to go into the town where the Imperial army is to try to find Raven. Moonbay asks Irvine to save Van if he gets into trouble. Meanwhile, Raven and Karl, who just arrived, talk about how Prozen wants the Republic to be destroyed, not a cease-fire. Raven says that he only answers to Prozen.

Van hides in a barrel until he finds Raven, and then jumps on his Saber Fang and demands a rematch. Later, Van and Raven fight and Zeke fuses with the Liger. Marcus attacks the fortress while Karl watches. Raven is beating Van, but Van doesn't give up. The Saber Fang bites off the main gun of the Liger, which falls down to the ground. Irvine arrives to save Van, but he is easily beat by Raven. Van manages to get up and rams Raven with his shield on. Raven calls for Shadow, who fuses with the Saber Fang. With Shadow's help, Raven manages to break through the shield and really damage the Liger. Zeke is thrown out and lies on the ground, not moving. Raven runs off while Marcus' troops go closer to the fortress. Karl realizes that it's a trap just before the fortress explodes and wipes out a lot of Marcus' troops. Van tries to wake Zeke up.

Quotes:

"It seems Marcus's plan involves letting you go on a rampage." -Karl Schubaltz
"I demand a rematch!" -Van Freiheit
"I'm always surrounded by punks who don't know a thing about piloting Zoids." -Raven
"It's a trap!" -Karl Schubaltz