Stinger has tied Irvine, Moonbay, and Rudolf to wooden posts. Irvine and Moonbay argue because Irvine blames Moonbay for getting them into this, and Stinger comes and taunts them. He doesn't let them have any water even though they are really thirsty. Rudolf insults Stinger, who threatens all of them. Meanwhile, Van is still being chased by the Guysack, but then he gets onto its head and tries to open the cockpit from the outside. The guy inside the Zoid laughs at him, but then Van kicks open a panel on the Guysack and hits a button to open the cockpit and steals the Zoid from him.

Stinger takes Rudolf's ring and looks at it. The leader of Prozen's gang demands him to give him the ring, and Stinger hands it over eventually, but takes it back. What Stinger really wants is Zeke. He takes Moonbay, Irvine, and Rudolf and makes them stand in front of the whirlwind of light, and tells them to make Zeke come out. They tell him that Zeke only listens to Van, but Stinger doesn't believe them and threatens them again.

One of the Dark Horns sees the red Guysack, and tries to contact it, but realizes that Van's the pilot. The Dark Horn attacks and Van burrows into the sand. He then comes up beneath the Dark Horn and knocks it over, then continues to head back to the others. Stinger is still trying to make Van's friends get Zeke out, but then Dr. D walks out of the light wearing his suit. Dr. D punches Stinger and the leader of Prozen's gang, then unties Moonbay, Irvine, and Rudolf. A Dark Horn attacks them, and Dr. D tells Rudolf to go to the Gustav, then picks up Irvine and Moonbay because they are still weak. Rudolf is about to be shot, but then Van appears in the red Guysack. He attacks the Dark Horn, but is thrown back and shot. Dr. D's suit gives out so he can't carry Irvine and Moonbay anymore.

Stinger appears in a red Saber Tiger, releases a paralizing gas, and destroys his own Guysack. Rudolf wants to help because he feels that all the trouble that's been happening is his fault, so he gets into Irvine's Command Wolf and shoots at Stinger, but is shot down. Rudolf thinks he can't do anything right, but then Van, riding on a hover board, tells him not to give up. Van uses a small gun to shoot at Stinger, but is caught in explosions from Stinger's missiles. Van is knocked into the pink light, and this time he's not thrown out, and he thinks he has failed everyone. Then he hears Fiona's voice telling him that he has helped everyone, and that they all love him for that even though they might not say so. Van realizes that she's right, and stops falling.

A Zoid cockpit forms around him, and Fiona tells him that his feelings have awakened her, Zeke, and the Liger, and that this Zoid is his. The whirlwind dies down, and the new Liger is visible. It's different from the Shield Liger, but Stinger thinks he can beat it. He attacks the new Liger, but can't even make a scratch on it. Van runs at him, activates his booster, and extends two new blades on the Liger's sides. He slices Stinger's Zoid in half, and Dr. D decides to call Van's new Zoid the Blade Liger. Van gets out of the Liger and demands Stinger to hand over the ring, but he tells Van that the leader of Prozen's gang has it, and he's running away in his Dark Horn. Van tries to stop him, but he falls over exhausted, and Moonbay punches out Stinger. When Van wakes up, he remembers that the ring was lost, but Rudolf says that it doesn't matter to him. Irvine and Moonbay show Van that Zeke and Fiona are fine, and Van tells them that they're his best friends.

Quotes:

"Oh, I'm so sorry! It just slipped right out of my little hand!" -Stinger
"It's up to me to protect them!" -Rudolf
"Blade Liger. Sounds good." -Moonbay