The two Mekaninals charge at each other. Neo sinks his teeth into the should of Swordtooth. Swordtooth tries to get the tyrannosaur of her, clawing and biting him. "Can't you see how pointless this is. You could be serving us in our goals yet here you are continuing to hinder humanities destiny." Says Sebal. You're one to talk. Tell me, how many town have you ravaged? How many families were destroyed by you people? How much blood is on your hands and the hands of your cult?!" Say Zafira with anger in her eyes. Enraged, Sebal forces Swordtooth to toss Neo aside. Sebal remembers a time when he was young, his town burnt and family dead. A man masked in shadow finds him and takes Sebal away from the town. Back in the present, Neo and Swordtooth glow with a bright blue energy. The bond between Riders and Mekanimals becomes stronger the more the Mekanimals fight and the greater the Riders will strengthens.
Consumed by the energy surrounding them, Neo and Swordtooth stare each other before charging at each other. As they run, Neo and Swordtooth roar with a mixture of rage and determination. A quick slash can be heard as the two Mekanimals stand opposing each other. The silence is broken by a thud made by the Mekanimals as the fall to the group. Sebal feels something off. Like a part of him is missing. He looks and sees his cybernetic left arm gone, cleaved off by Neo and Zafira. Sebal feels a sense of terror upon realizing what Neo and Zafira would have done to him and Swordtooth if given the chance. Sebal snaps back into reality as he hears Zafira and Neos friend nearby. "Come on Swordtooth. We have to go now!" Says Sebal as Swordtooth struggles to get back up. Sebal and Swordtooth look back at an unconscious Zafira and Neo before running deep into the jungle.
Sometime later, Neo opens his eye as he struggles to stand. Zafira wakes to see that Sebal and swordtooth are gone. Zafira and Neo have no clue as to what happened but make a guess as to what happened after seeing Sebals cybernetic arm on the ground. Just then, they hear shouting in the distance. Upon inspection, they realize that the shouting was coming from Tuga and Ruby. Neo ran towards the noise and found Torta and Vermilla alongside their respective Riders. "Zafira! We're glad to know you're okay!" Says Ruby, happy to see their friend again. "You gave us one hell of a scare back there. We were starting to fear the worst." Says Tuga. "Sorry guys. After what happened with the Raiders, I couldn't stand the idea of losing you four. I nearly got all of you killed." Says Zafira, barely holding back tears. Tuga reassures Zafira that she is not to blame for none of them knew the Raiders were there. "Lets back to the medical center. Our Mekanimals still need time to recover." Says Tuga. Zafira agrees and follows Tuga and Ruby. Along the way, Zafira and Neo can't help but think of Sebals anger. They question to themselves what happened in Sebals past to result in who he is now.
As the Riders leave, Sebal watches them from a distance. He clutches the cybernetic remnants of his left arm. He remembers how he was found by the boss of the Ironclaw raiders. At the time he had lost his arm for reasons he does not remember. Upon joining the Raiders, he tested each mekanimal he could find to be his mount. All fell except one, a Swordtooth. In the present, Sebal looks at the current state of Swordtooth. Despite her injuries, Sebal knew that Swordtooth can be more powerful than he realized. With this, Sebal and Swordtooth leave to return to the Ironclaw raiders.
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