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Episode 10

It has been half an hour and so far nothing has went wrong with Ezekiel's operation. D-Boy and Aki has stayed there to make sure nothing happens. Meanwhile, the other Knights are still preparing for their own mission. While they do, Natasha has time to go over her thoughts. What happened back there?  Why did I feel...the way I felt toward him? No, I should dismiss it. It was probably nothing. And anyway, I have to focus on the mission. Still...

"What's up Natasha? You're unusually quiet."

Natasha woke out of her thought, "Oh Goliate. I was just thinking....about the mission."

Goliate smirked, "Oh, is that so? Come on Natasha. I know you well enough to know something else is on your mind."

"Well...it's about Ezekiel. I spoke to him before he went with his operation."

"Really? I couldn't get more than five words out of him in one time. What did you two talk about?"

Natasha sat back, "Nothing much really, except about his trick to read people. It's really uncanny."

Goliate held in a smirk, "Funny. It seems that only you and Yumi are the only ones to get him talking. Maybe he likes girls better."

"No. In fact, he's shyer around women than others. But he also is more respectful to them so he doesn't like being rude to them. That's just how he is."

Goliate smiled, "You seen to get to know him well."

She didn't notice his smile, "I guess. But it's what he doesn't say that speaks the most." Her voice softened. "His eyes mostly. They seem to tell everything."

Goliate was on the verge of laughing, "Natasha, are you...in love with him?"

Natasha snapped, "No way! Are you serious?"

Goliate laughed, "Am I serious? I sitting here wondering if you're the real Natasha. Did you hear yourself back there?"

Natasha's eyes widened, "I'm not in love with him, Goliate! I just...I just..."

Goliate cleared his throat, "It's alright Natasha. Look, here's what I'll do. I'll believe that you aren't falling for him if you believe it. Do you?"

Natasha began to speak, but found that she couldn't. Am I falling in...in love with him? But how? I barely know him. Still…

Back at the chamber, the operation continues on quietly. Just ten more minutes, thought Aki. She didn't like the pods any more than anyone else. She had been in one once as an experimental operation to become a Tekkaman herself. Although it succeeded, Aki was changed slightly, mainly with her hair which was once blue and is now green. And the experience wasn't exactly pleasant to say the least. While in her thoughts, D-Boy watched the pod, his own thoughts coming into play. Nobody hates these things more than he did. It was because of these that he was changed and his nightmare began. But he saw that there was a way to use it so that others do not go through the same things he did. Suddenly, his tekka-set shimmered on his forehead as well as Aki's. Looking toward the sky, they felt something was wrong. Aki quickly left the room and into the control room.

"Report."

One of the technicians spoke, "The Radham amassed at Pluto is making their move."

"What? It's too soon. Contact the others. Tell then they are to depart immediately."

"Yes, Chief."

The alarm rang out and the Space Knights assembled and were launched. Needless to say, they weren't in good moods.

"These guys just won't cut you any slack." David complained

Anita spoke as well, "Nope. But that's part of the job."

Goliate agreed, "That's right. So there's no since in complaining about it."

While the Space Knights soared through space, D-Boy continued watching over the tekkapod when his tek-setta shimmered again. At the same time, the pod began to pulsate and flash.

"What the...? What's going on? Something is disrupting the pod!"

D-Boy ordered, "Cut it off now."

"We can't. I mean, we aren't causing it. It's coming from inside."

The pod continued to pulsate and it seemed that something was moving inside it. D-Boy suddenly remembered.

Oh crap. This is his third time in a pod. That means...

The pod suddenly burst open and a dark figure emerged. D-Boy looked in surprise as ice-cold eyes shimmered before him. Then as soon as it had emerged, the figure blasted through the roof and into space at astounding speed.

On the Blue Earth 2, the others felt the surge of energy.

"What was that?" Yumi asked.

Natasha shook her head, "I'm not sure. But it feels..."

"It's Ezekiel."

That was Dead who spoke, "Or better yet, Tekkaman Zero."

As he said that, the radar detected an object moving behind them. A bright light swooped past them at incredible speed and disappeared ahead of them.

Anita spoke on the intercom, "Chief, whatever that was, it's heading straight for the Radham army."

Aki ordered, "We have to get there as fast as possible."

The boosters on the Blue Earth flared even more and they shot forward.

"The object has reached the Radham." David announced. "They're disappearing."

Everyone looked at the radar. "What does that? Not even Dead or D-Boy does that that fast!"

Aki thought, I don't believe it. We've created another one.

Suddenly, ahead of them a light blinked ahead of them and remained steady for a few minutes before fading. After an hour, the Blue Earth finally reached the destination. Everyone was shocked at what they saw.

"Oh my god. They've all been wiped out."

Indeed, the entire space before them was nothing more than pieces of Radham floating around. It was like a alien meat locker.

"Radar has picked up the object." The monitor zoomed in to show a figure floating in space. "It's Zero."

Natasha looked at her radar and found something else, "Chief. You're not going to believe this."

The camera zoomed over to several large pieces of icy rock. "It's Charon. It's been destroyed...by a Voltekka!"

The monitor then showed two enormous chunks of rock that were split in half and surrounded by pieces of other chunks of rock. In the center, the two rocks were shown to be charred. It was what was left of Pluto's moon, Charon.

Hayato gasped, "How? Nothing is that powerful! To destroy an entire Radham fleet and a moon...? That's crazy. How could one Tekkaman do all of that?!"

Aki shook the shock away, "We'll discuss it another time. Right now, we have to retrieve Ezekiel and head back to Earth."

As they moved to the unconscious Tekkaman, Aki thought, So another one has been born. It's the only thing that could have done this.

Shin Blastor Tekkaman...