The Valley of the Monster.Van and the gang barely make it past the Imperial Army. The Shield Liger was not working too well either; its sights were not aligned properly. Then the zoids started to do something weird, and Irvine finds out that they are in the Valley of the Rare Hertz. In this valley there is a pulse that gets emitted that makes the zoids not work properly. Zoids affected by the rare-hertz begin to take on violent tendencies and run out of control, usually destroying themselves. The proof was a very old Godos which was rusted and damaged beyond repair. They put on their pulse guards which protects their zoids from the rare-hertz. Unfortunately, when they are about to leave Zeke is also affected by the rare-hertz. He looks sick. But then he becomes completely controlled by the rare-hertz and rams the Gustav. He then fuses with the Shield Liger, damages Irvine's Command Wolf, and leaves. Moonbay fixes Irvine's Command Wolf. Van runs away after Irvine tells him he can not use his Command Wolf. He keeps walking until the Shield Liger's tracks disappear, he then notices the Shield Liger on the top the cliff. He climbs it and falls down, when he wakes up Fiona is there bandaging his wounds. Irvine's Command Wolf performance was downgraded by 30%. Van finds Zeke and the Shield Liger. Zeke fuses with the Shield Liger and attempts to kill Van. Then Irvine shows up and traps the Shield Liger against the side of the raised cliff. Zeke escapes and Van chases after him on the hover board. After a little organoid vs boy duel. Zeke falls down the cliff and Van catches him by the face. At this time, Zeke realizes that Van is a true friend and returns to normal.