Wandering Pair

Trouble starts up when a hit is put out on Lightning, and all Techodes.

Plot
Seikai and Isa have travelled the deserts in their Heavy Metals', searching for Gadrians to crush. Soon their hired by one of Jacque Bruno's men to hunt down Lightning.

The pair soon arrive at Unit Blue where they run into Takumi and his Techode, Thunderbolt. The pair mistake Thunderbolt for a Gadrian and proceed to fire upon him. Their attack is interrupted when Takumi rushes to Thunderbolt's aid. Seikai and Isa can't believe what they are witnessing when they see Takumi talking with Thunderbolt, showing a bond between them.

When the pair come across Aiko, Seikai explains about Gadrians and Unit Cobalt. Soon Hajiki arrives and gets angry at the pair for what they did to Thunderbolt. Soon Arashi arrives with Hayate to distract the pair before they can threaten Hajiki and Aiko.

Later the pair come to believe that the Techode's have ulterior motives and try to convince their owners of this. When Hajiki arrives that night with Lightning to try and convince them that Techodes are not dangerous. Seikai and Isa try to attack Lightning anyway. When Seikai almost shoots Hajiki by accident, Lightning protects Hajiki by shielding him. When Saikai notes his surprise, Aiko arrives with Messah Schmidt and explains that Techodes are not evil like Gadrians. This forces Seikai to reevaluate his views on both the Gadrians and the Techodes.

Characters

 * Hajiki Sanada
 * Arashi Shinozuka
 * Takumi Kisaragi
 * Aiko Mary Harmony
 * Chris
 * Mary
 * Seikai
 * Isa
 * Mocchi

Trivia

 * It's implied, but not made entirely clear if the creature Seikai and Isa destroyed at the beginning of the episode was a true Gadrian or simply a newborn Techode like Lightning and the others.