Van and Fiona are given orders to check out a town where some people who claim to be Republicans are stationed, but there are no records of troops being sent there. They are also told that Colonel Schubaltz will be working with them and that he's already there. Van and Fiona arrive at the town and look for Schubaltz, and see that a lot of people are leaving. Zeke gets covered with red paint in an accident, and then two kids take him to their house to help Fiona clean him off. Van talks to the mother and asks why she isn't leaving. She says that she can't leave her crops because they need them to survive. Fiona shows Van Zeke, who is now all red because they couldn't get the paint off so they filled up the gaps instead.

Then Van is shot at, and the attacker says that he is Lieutenant Thomas Schubaltz, a member of the Guardian Force. He confronts Van and accuses him of being the leader of the gang who was attacking the village. Van says he's not and tries to convince Thomas that he's Van Freiheit, but Thomas doesn't believe him. When Thomas sees Fiona, he instantly falls in love. He's nice to Fiona, but not to Van. Then Thomas says that the leader of the gang has a red Organoid (ummm, could it be Hiltz?) and points to Zeke, who is covered in red paint. Van tries to tell him that Zeke is silver, but Thomas calls for Beek and a net drops down and captures Zeke. Then a Dibison arrives, and Thomas captures Van.

Later, Thomas is trying to contact his brother, Karl, and when Van hears this he understands who Thomas is. Fiona is not tied up. Thomas tells Karl that he's captured the leader of the gang, but the transmission cuts out before Karl can tell him what to do. Then Thomas sees a bit of silver on Zeke, and then sees Van's necklace with the Guardian Force ring, and realizes his mistake. He unties Van and tells him the the gang is using Command Wolves and attacked the village. The gang has given the people of the town one week to leave. Thomas says the mission is to protect the people and their land. He says that Karl's group will arrive in one day, but he plans to attack the Command Wolves before that. Again, he's nice to Fiona, but mean to Van.

Thomas, Van, and Fiona spy on the Command Wolves, and Thomas lets Fiona have a look through his binoculars but not Van. Fiona spots poles around the Wolves, but they don't know what they are. Fiona asks about Beek, and Thomas explains that Beek's an AI he built into the core of his Zoid to help him in battle, sort of like a man-made Organoid, only better in Thomas' opinion. Then they get in their Zoids and move in to attack. Thomas says he's in charge and orders Van to go away and protect Fiona many times. Zeke fuses with the Liger and they move in closer. Thomas uses all the guns on the Dibison's back to attack all the Wolves, but all the shots swerve and miss their targets. Fiona figures out that the poles create strong magnetic fields which alter the path of their fire.

Van uses the Liger's blades to slice through all the poles, but then a Gordos comes and shoots out more poles. Van then charges the Gordos and slices through it. The magnetic field is destroyed, and Thomas targets everyone, including Van. He fires the Dibison's best attack, megalo max, and destroys all the Wolves, the Gordos, and almost hits Van. He laughs about that saying something about if he's going to shoot then he might as well shoot them all. Later, Karl gets there and greets Van, Fiona, and Zeke. He comments about them meeting his brother, and Zeke says something that makes everyone laugh but Thomas, who couldn't understand what Zeke said.

Quotes:

"We couldn't get the paint off so we just filled in the gaps." -Fiona
"So what order should I obey first, Lieutenant Schubaltz, sir?" -Van Freiheit
"If you're going to shoot one, why not shoot them all?" -Thomas Schubaltz
"Thomas has always been difficult to work with." -Karl Schubaltz