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Chap. 3

The five youngsters had gotten themselves situated with the Space Knights. So far, no Radham have attacked in recent weeks so they were able adapt to their new environment. Duo would often be seen chatting with whomever he met in the hallways. Trowa would be by himself, usually either drinking a cup of tea or reading a book. Quatre was probably the busier one, doing assignments on the side. Wufei did the same, but was more solitary about it.

Only Heero was left unseen by everyone. After that first day, it seemed that he had locked himself in his quarters. He was only seen outside when the Chief had an assignment for him and when he did it, it would be as quickly as possible. Because of this, catching him was a rare thing. Fortunately, rare things were just what Duo Maxwell was good at.

"Hey, if it isn't Heero. About time you came of out your dungeon, eh?"

Heero looked up briefly before returning his attention to his work. Duo sat down in a seat next to him.

"So what do ya think of this place? Personally, it's kind of cool, although it could use a few more people."

Heero continued working as though he didn't hear him. Duo groaned out loud, "Come on, talk to me. You don't have to be anti-social, you know?"

"Leave me alone."

Duo looked down to the ground, "Uggghhh. You're hopeless. But maybe next time, I'll get you talking more. See ya."

Duo hopped up and away, leaving Heero with his work.

"You know, you don't have to be by yourself."

Heero's eye darted to the side again. This time instead of Duo, it was Yumi.

"We can all be friends, right?"

"I'm not here to make friends." was the monotone reply. With that said Heero stood up and left Yumi by herself. Hayato watched the entire event. "Man he has some nerve. Who needs him anyway?"

Yumi remained silent.

Meanwhile, Zechs is aboard his shuttle and is currently in contact with Trieze Khusrenada, founder of the Specials troops.

"It's unlike you to be careless Zechs. The alliance will now be a bit more difficult to deal with now."

"We were up against a tekkaman armored in Gundamium."

"You're joking."

"It's true. Just imagine if it was made by the colonies."

"It seems that they are more resourceful than earlier projected."

"I'm sending a team to check for any quantum trace energy. We can use it to track it down."

"Do you want to go?"

The surprise was hidden behind his mask, but Trieze was able to tell.

"Heh, it's written all over your face Zechs. Proceed."

"Yes sir."

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Meanwhile, Heero was on his computer, checking over his descent to Earth.

Hmm. An energy trace left by the damaged armor. It's still traceable. I have to move fast before OZ finds me.

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"What do you mean contaminated?"

Zechs had arrived at the crash site along with two other soldiers and three Leo Sol-Tekka suits. Zechs was speaking to the salvage operator.

"It's nothing serious. But we need to inspect it to see how far its spread in order to contain it."

The operator was irritated, "I don't believe this. None of my crews found any such thing."

"We believe your scans may not have detected it. So until we are certain, you will not enter this area. Unless you want to have a Radham illness of some sort."

The operator fumed. He didn't believe Zechs one bit, but he had no choice. As one of the Specials, Zechs had the authority to remove him for whatever reason without question.

"Fine. Just hurry it up."

Zechs simply nodded and entered his Sol-Tekka suit. He led the others into the crash site a distance away.

"Sir, I'm picking up the trace energy. It's a quantum energy trace."

"Good, it's him. Now all we have to do is follow it to its source."

The three begin to fly off when suddenly a bright light blinds their view.

"Ahhhhhh. What is this?"

Within the light, a black shadow appears before them, wielding a deadly hooked weapon. As one of the Sol-Tekkas backs away, the bladed weapon instantly cuts him in half, destroying the Sol-Tekka. Panicked, the second one shoots with his laser cannon, but all the shots miss the agile creature and he is cut down as well. Zechs is now alone and the bright lights fades away to reveal...

"What's this?"

This tekkaman was different from the last one he encountered. He was colored black with blue splashes on him. His eyes glowed in a deadly green and he raised his lancer, a vicious-looking scythe. Zechs instantly notices the armor. Gundamium. Another one.

"Identify yourself."

The dark tekkaman chuckles, "I am Tekkaman Deathscythe. But you will know me as the god of death!!!!!"

The tekkaman instantly shot forward and Zechs moved aside just in time to avoid the swipe of his scythe. However, his suit was slashed and the cannon were damaged. Zechs dropped it on the ground.

It was probably of no use anyway.

Zechs reached into his utility pack and unfolded a blade weapon. With this, he charged at Deathscythe, surprising him. But the tekkaman held his scythe up to block the strike. Holding his ground, he pushes the Sol-tekka back and slashes again, destroying the sword and cutting the chest piece. Zechs is stuck with no weapons as the deadly tekkaman swooped at him, ready for the kill.

"Slice and dice!"

Suddenly, a huge beam of light flies out from the sky and hits the area they are in. Deathscythe was hurled toward the ground as an explosion erupts. Looking up, he saw a red and blue tekkaman hovering above, his voltekka cannon disappearing from his arm.

"Mission complete."

With that, the mysterious tekkaman shot away, leaving Deathscythe wondering.

That blast disrupted the trace. There's no way anyone can find him now. That explains what they were doing here. Does this mean...there are more like me here?

Deathscythe then turned to Zechs and found the Sol-Tekka still in place. But as he moved closer, he saw that the suit was blinking rapidly.

"Self detonation. Aw crap!"

Deathscythe quickly shot away as the suit exploded right before him, pushing him further. Deathscythe looked down. Great. First I loose the tekkaman, and then I almost get sideswiped by an OZ soldier. Talk about your bad days.

With that, the black tekkaman flew up and disappeared into the night.

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After encountering the second tekkaman, Zechs realizes the possibility that there may be more. Meanwhile Relena decides to investigate the Space Knights and finds Heero. Meanwhile, another group of OZ soldiers are destroyed by a third Tekkaman. Next on Gundam Tekkaman. Enter the Heavyarm...