The Hill. It stood silent over the plain. It was a wooded hill with a spring in its rear. Trowa and Quatre were sitting on a log, looking over at von Moltke and Hoover. It was obvious those two were tired. Both were about to fall sleep. It was in their eyes. Little Charmander guarded the two glistening dragonballs. Winston recharged his weapon. They were waiting. They could see dust clouds in the distance. Churchill was coming and coming fast. Von Moltke idly looked overhead as Angemon now descended with T.K. and Kerensky. "Robert, do you have the balls?" asked David, concerned. "Yes, we got them all!" exclaimed an exuberant T.K. The smile on his face was unmistakable joy. He was certain Matt would be there soon to help them, and Piccolo too. Relief was apparent in the air. Angemon looked over his shoulder. There was still a battle noise to his rear, so Sage and Tenchi must still be holding out against them. "The others will be here soon," even as Angemon spoke Wheeljack was plainly visible. "I'm right here, myself." "Michelangelo! Where did you come from?" asked an amazed Hoover. "I got separated from everyone when Unicron appeared, I just now found ya'll. I hope everyone's okay." "We'll be doing just fine as soon as Wheeljack gets here with the others." "That's good, I was worried about being the only survivor, but with all the fighting going on still, I knew someone had to be left." "They're here."
Joe, Leon, and Lita got out of Wheeljack. The Autobot transformed and produced the five other dragonballs. "Well, let's get started people, put all the balls together." The seven balls were placed together, but nothing happened. T.K. walked up to the dragonballs. All of the sudden his digivice glowed, causing a reaction in the balls. The balls glowed. T.K. quickly backed off. A form emerged and quickly became a long stringy white shape, which by and by became the Eternal Dragon. "You who have summoned me here, make your wish now! Well, what do you say?"
"Bring all our comrades who have died on this plane," answered Churchill.
"Very well, your wish is granted. What of your second wish?"
Churchill turned to his companions. None of them knew where their formerly lost compadres were. But as for the second wish, von Moltke knew what should be next. "Upgrade the destroyed Gundams."
"Very well, your wished is granted."
A noise was heard all looked as Heavyarms Custom's remains were levitating in front of them. The blue color scheme was replaced with the old red color scheme. The pieces came together, legs, arms, torso, and finally head. The green eyes lit up briefly. Gundam Neo-Heavyarms was now ready for battle. Trowa just could not believe it. But the surprise was not over. Sandrock's fins turned a navy blue, as did the hip plate. The heat shorters looked stronger, they too had the blue color. The submachine gun was given the same blue tint. The black torso and white legs seemed to stay the same, as did the head. The arms were stronger and more powerful. The body was sleeker and more combat ready. Quatre just smiled. It just seemed to suit dear old Sandrock. Neo-Sandrock joined Neo-Heavyarms as a lean mean fighting machine. It looked like they were ready for Unicron, but where were Piccolo and the others?
Sage and Tenchi were really running out of time. Their fight with Unicron was wearing them out. And night was coming on as well. They were coming up on Little Round Top. Tenchi still bore a determined look on his face, but Sage was looking more and more haggard. Unicron continued to fire his eye laser. The ground was frothing with craters where the laser had missed. Sage and Tenchi scattered. Tenchi prepared himself for the charge he would make. Sage needed time to rest; he might have one more blast left in him. "Take this!" Tenchi charged, master key glowing, right at Unicron's foot. Unicron moved his foot so as to step on Tenchi put Tenchi moved into the air and brought his strike down on Unicron's knee. Unicron moved his left arm to whack Tenchi away. The sword just was not driving that far in. The hand was about to come down… THUNDERBALL…CUT!
A wave of green energy smacked into the hand pushing it away. Sage knew he had nothing left, he just merely retreated but he stopped. Tenchi used the opportunity to slice off Unicron's tender thumb. Then he jumped down to join Sage and he was aghast. IT was a line of people. There was a wolf-like one, a boy several younger than him or even the Gundam pilots, a large green figure in a turban, a velociraptor, and an armadillo. Even Unicron halted. The line stood adamant. Piccolo, the Super-Namek sized up his next opponent. Matt, the boy recognized the face that had caused him so much pain and suffering. Gabumon, the digimon was ready to go to the next level to defeat Unicron. Dinobot, the transformer sought revenge. Salamander, the battle beast craved a fight, even one where he could not win.
Piccolo judged the situation while Unicron was still trying to figure out where these newest enemies had come from. Sage and Tenchi were tired. Salamander had little he could do. Their enemy was too strong in his present state. Piccolo knew his best chances were to retreat. But he wasn't going to play this card just yet. Too much could be salvaged here. "Matt, Dinobot, at the count of three, we are going to create a big enough flare to cause him to lose sight of us, while we go find the others. Tenchi, do you have enough energy to contribute to the blast?" Tenchi panted, but then nodded. He was relieved his tour of duty against Unicron was over, for now. Piccolo raised both hands and sent a blast in the direction of Unicron's face. Dinobot contributed an eye laser attack to it.
BLUE BLASTER!
Gabumon added his force to the blast. Tenchi summoned what energy was left in him and the white power radiated from the master key. This combined blast was extremely bright, and Unicron's sensors blanked out for a moment, enough time for Piccolo and the others to sneak away, and soon run into their companions from Culp's Hill. Both sides stopped in awe of the other. For the Culp's Hill group, it was the reappearance of Piccolo and the others. They seemed to wear auras around them. For Sage and Tenchi the Neo-Gundams were a shock.
Leon needed to organize. Unicron would recover soon, and then they'd have to move again. "Dinobot, where is everyone else?" he asked. Dinobot replied, "For their safety, they were kept back away from the fight. They are protected elsewhere by Spiderman, we came on ahead." "Thanks, Joe, take Robert and Billy there," ordered Leon. "By and by, Unicron's going to come upon us again, we need time to figure out a plan, so we will scatter into small groups and reunite at Big Round Top, that large hill over there. Any objections?" No one said a thing. All were concentrating on the eminent arrival of Unicron. Dumars, Hoover, and Kerensky left. They all knew they might get in the way. Churchill looked at Sage and Tenchi, still breathing hard from their long defense. "Good job, guys. Try to rest up. You'll need it." Angemon hovered in the air looking for the form of Unicron to appear as if it were walking their way. Piccolo was there too. "Piccolo, can we really beat this guy? He's so big and so unassailable. It took attacks by me, Sage, and Tenchi just to pierce his skin in one spot. I know we're stronger now and that we've never put all our strength on the field before, but it's tough to speculate. What's your opinion?" asked Angemon. "He's going to be tough alright, but no opponent is invincible. He must have a weakness somewhere. His initial attacks were against Matt and T.K., so there has to be some connection there. Tenchi was able to annoy him at least, so there's hope there. And you all have never seen my true power, because I never got the chance to use it. But what's this 'all our strength bit mean. I think other than myself never getting a chance to power up fully, there is only the times when others were missing that could mean not all power." "I mean with the Neo-Gundams now, Metalgarurumon (a form Piccolo has never seen), you at full power, me as Magnaangemon, Sage all out, Tenchi all out, Dinobot and Wheeljack all out, I think you get my picture." "I see. I don't truly know, but I have a funny suspicion that this guy has to be defeated from within." Angemon nodded. But here came Unicron.
"Angemon, you remember the plan, get T.K. out of here now!" yelled Piccolo. Angemon went down and found T.K., Matt, and Gabumon. "Guys, we need to check out." Unicron saw his prey. He moved to step on some of them. Piccolo dove down, interposing himself between Unicron and the others. He threw off his training clothes and powered up. Wheeljack could not believe the power he was sensing coming from the Namek. His instruments were going crazy. "This can't be, how?" but the Autobot engineer was no longer interested in figuring it out. "Everybody, scram now!" ordered Churchill. David, the Neo-Gundams, Salamander, Sage, and Charmander went one way. Tenchi, Matt, Gabumon, Angemon, T.K., Michelangelo, and Dinobot went another. Churchill held his ground. "Wheeljack what is Piccolo reading right now?" asked a perplexed Churchill. "60,000,000 and rising very fast." Leon turned behind him. "Lita! Get out of here. Now. I won't have you killed." He was calm in this atmosphere of excitement. "I'm not going," she answered. "Why not? Wheeljack and I have to help Piccolo." "I won't leave you." "You've got to." "No I don't want to lose you." Churchill gave up. He never knew much about women anyway, and this occasion was no different. But man, Piccolo was pumped up.
The yellow glow surrounded Piccolo. The energy he was producing was raising rocks and stones and soil. Wheeljack read his detector again. Piccolo appeared to be maxing out. He was at 86,000,000 now. The Namek stared at Unicron. Unicron could not stare back at the tiny Namek. "You realize you messed with the wrong guy today. Is it fun to go after guys who do not stand a chance at beating you? I despise such people." Unicron said nothing. Piccolo charged at the body of Unicron with all his might. His speed was incredible. The punch left a visible ripple on Unicron, but no real damage. Piccolo fired scattershot into Unicron from the air for a while, eventually blinding the giant monster temporarily again. His blasts left small cuts and scrapes around Unicron's face. Piccolo looked down at Churchill. "It's time to go, boss." Churchill nodded and motioned for Wheeljack to follow. The night descended, and the quartet started slowly toward Big Round Top.
