The Zillo Beast

## Premise

The kung fu warriors 's new super-weapon awakens the fearsome Zillo Beast of Malastare. Now the kung fu masters must devise a way to contain the deadly creature.

## Synopsis

In hopes of obtaining fuel from Malastare, Thundering Rhino, Shifu (via hologram), Daniel and Sonic discuss the potential effects of the Electro-Proton Bomb, the kung fu warriors's latest superweapon, worried that the bomb could affect their troops as well as the Arkeyan army. Dr. Sionver Boll, the scientist who constructed the bomb confirms that it will not harm any kung fu forces or Urus' people. Its effects will only work on Arkeyan droids and all the probabilities have been assumed. While Rhino remains wary of the "improbable" and wishes to find another way, Shifu insists the bomb is the last chance to secure a kung fu victory.

Rhino, Daniel and Sonic observe the outnumbered kung fu warriors and Malastare forces as they march toward the advancing Arkeyan forces. At the Arkeyan side, the tactical droid gives the order to attack. Captain Rex, clone troopers and horse soldiers struggle to hold their ground, even as Hyena bombers soar overhead.

Eventually the kung fu warriors orders the electro-proton bomb to be dropped on the massive Arkeyan force. The pilot drops the bomb, annihilating the Arkeyan forces with a massive blast. The blast is followed by an EMP which cuts off power to Shifu's transmission, the clone tanks, and short-circuits, but leaves the clone force and the horse soldiers unharmed.

As the troops celebrate their victory, the ground starts breaking apart and sinking beneath their feet. The clones and the horses flee with Rex, barely making it onto the ledge. However, some clones fall into the sinkhole, and Daniel and Sonic dispatches rescue teams to locate the trapped soldiers. After losing contact with the rescuers, Thundering Rhino and Commander Ponds decides to investigate and look for the missing troops, while Daniel and Sonic ratifies the Treaty to authorize fuel purchase from Malastare. horse leader, Doge Nahka Urus exclaims his happiness for their alliance while they wait for the rest of the council to arrive and ratify the treaty.

Meanwhile Rhino finds handmarks and a clone helmet in the sinkhole when the clones find the rescue team and some of the troops that fell in the hole; one of the traumatized survivors speaks of something down in the chasm with them. Rhino, Ponds, and troopers Hawkeye and Trapper begin searching elsewhere. Rhino asks Daniel and Sonic to come down and help, which Daniel preps his fighter and excuses himself. As they advance upon a ledge, Rhino and the troopers feel the ground shaking as the massive head of a huge reptilian creature turns and roars at them. The clones fire at the beast with no effect. It shakes them off and chases them until Daniel and Sonic distracts it by flying in circles, allowing Rhino and the clones to escape.

Daniel and Sonic is surprised, and is caught off guard when the beast hits their fighter and they crashes, ejecting just in time. they strikes the monster with Daniel's sword of fire, only to find that its armor-like scales are virtually impervious to even his element. they leaps on the top of the beast's head and notices gaps in the armor which a well placed shot could penetrate it before jumping on Blue Ship and rocketing out of the pit. After making his surprise exit, Urus arrives and explains that the creature is a Zillo Beast; they were the dominant life forms on Malastare before his people arrived, and preyed upon the early horses. Urus states that when his people started harvesting fuel, the Zillo Beasts began to die out. It was believed that they became extinct... until now. The horses bomb the Zillo Beast fruitlessly while Rhino, Daniel and Sonic find Urus and the council observing the ancient script showing the weaknesses of the Zillo Beast.

Rhino, Daniel and Sonic argue that they will exterminate an innocent life form if they continue, but Urus threatens to cancel the treaty if they try to protect it. A talk with Shifu shows that he supports the extermination of the Zillo Beast, but Dr. Sionver Boll and Daniel additionally support the idea to preserve it for replicating its seemingly impenetrable armor for military use and propose an idea to stun it in the gaps of its armor using Stun Tanks. When it is fully stunned and weakened, it would appear dead, but still be alive in stasis. The Dugs would assume it is dead and sign the treaty, while the kung fu warriors could move it to a secure location before it reawakens, where they can study the creature and possibly copy the armor.

The Stun Tanks roll out to the pit where Urus is glad to see the events move in his favor, but his method is already working. He orders the horses to empty fuel lines into the pit. Urus explains the fuel is lethal to the Zillo Beast and should kill it, but Rhino warns such an action will only enrage the Beast further. Rhino urges Urus to stop and then threatens to kill him unless he stops, yet the Dug continues to oppose Rhino, stating that he too is an innocent life form. However, Rhino's warning proves correct when the provoked Zillo Beast climbs out of the hole and goes on a rampage, destroying everything in its path. It climbs up and the Stun Tanks open fire, seemingly to no avail. It swipes and destroys several tanks, causing Daniel to order backing up to avoid it. After a rampage, concentrated fire from the tanks start to weaken the Zillo Beast, and it eventually collapses, incapacitated. Sent into a deep coma by the cannons, the beast appears to be dead.

Urus signs the treaty, and Malastare joins the kung fu warriors. Shifu orders the Zillo Beast to be shipped to the valley of peace for study, a matter for which Rhino expresses concern. The episode ends with four LAAT/cs picking up the Zillo Beast to bring to valley of peace for study.