Disclaimer: Same as before.
Epilogue-
Flashback…
"No! Zero!!!!!"
Zero flew into the core and disappeared. Just then, Pegasus flew in and landed next to Blade. Blade stood there for awhile.
"Blade, we must hurry."
At the core, Blade could see the explosion from the warlord self-destruct. The core began to expand and it was only a matter of time before it exploded completely. Reluctantly, Blade jumped onto of Pegasus and flew toward the exit. But before he got far, an energy cord hooked onto Pegasus. Blade looked in surprise as a damaged Zero reeled himself in and then commanded Pegasus.
"Pegasus, go!"
Pegasus launched off immediately and both Blade and Zero began to fly out. But the shockwave began to catch up and overtake them. Zero managed to grip onto Pegasus boosters and he hooked his legs onto Pegasus's underside. Taking out his swords, he pointed them toward the glowing ball and his Voltekka cells opened. Summoning the last of his strength, he called forth his power.
"Blastor....VOLTEKKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A dual beam shot out and propelled Pegasus even faster, getting them out of the exploding planetoid. But as they kept going, Zero ran out of energy and reverted to his normal form, his hand now gripped into Pegasus. The portal was seen fading away and Pegasus wasn't fast enough. Blade then opened his own Voltekka cells.
"My turn. Blastor Voltekka!!!!!!!!!!"
Again, Pegasus was boosted straight into the portal and gotten across it just before it disappeared totally in the blinding light.
5 days later...
There have been no sign of the Radham in that time. Even though there were reports of Radham still in the area, they were merely leftovers and were easily mopped away by the Earth military. And in that time, the Space Knight's took a long deserved vacation.
Shopping Mall.
"Um, Yumi. Don't you think that is enough stuff?"
"Come on, Hayato. Just one more store."
"Oh, okay." Hayato suddenly slipped on the ground and fell, causing all of Yumi's packages to fall on him. The other turned and giggled a bit, but Hayato kept his face straight.
"Don't worry Yumi. Your things are alright."
Yumi walked over to help him up. As she did, she noticed that his face flushed red. She smiled to herself as she saw that he didn't notice that she saw him.
That Hayato....he look kind of cute like that.
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Beach...
Aki and D-Boy stood on the beach near the Command Center. It was a very rare thing when they could just spend a little time together.
"Is it really over?"
"No. They will be back. But it will take them a long time.
The thought saddened her a bit and Aki moved next to him, "Will we ever win this fight?"
D-Boy lowered his head and smiled, "Yes. As long as there are people who are willing to fight, then we will succeed."
Quietly, Aki took D-Boy's hand and softly squeezed it, to with D-Boy did in return.
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Command Center
Natasha was through the halls, heading for the medical ward when Dead suddenly appeared and stood before her.
Dead's gaze began to make her feel nervous, but she kept her own stone gaze, "What is it?"
".....Thank you."
"Huh?"
"Dead continued, "For saving my life."
Dead stayed quiet after that. It must have been hard for him to say that. "I know we haven't started out on the right foot, but perhaps we can change that." She held out her hand. "Deal?"
He looked down at her hand for a long while. I should move on now. Leave Prague behind me.
"Deal." He shook her hand and she turned to leave, but he called her, "Where are you heading?"
"Medical ward."
A smile came on his face, "Tell him I said hi."
As she walked down the corridor, Dead called to David, who was just down the other end. "David, come here for a moment."
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Ezekiel was sitting in a wheelchair, looking out of the window.
"Nice day, huh?"
"Hi Natasha. Yes, it is."
Natasha stayed quietly behind him before saying, "How are you feeling?"
"Well, my legs are still out if that's what you're referring to. I still can't feel much and I won't be able to walk for a long time."
"How are you feeling?"
Ezekiel turned his head in her direction, "Sorry about that. I just don't like sitting around doing nothing. But I'm fine. Thanks for asking." He turned his head back out the window.
"Don't worry. The doctors said it would be temporary. At least you don't have to worry about being suspended."
Ezekiel smiled, "No, I guess not."
They stayed quiet a brief moment and then she spoke up again, "Do you regret…not dying?"
Ezekiel shook his head, "No. Before I was doing it in order to obtain some forgiveness for what I did. But I learned that there are other ways. I was just choosing the easy one. The coward's way."
Natasha stood beside him, "Don't say that. It takes a lot of courage to do what you did. You're not a coward."
"Thank you."
Natasha then stood before him and bent down, "Now you said that you can't feel or move anything below the waist down?"
"That what the doctors told me."
An evil grin came over her face, "Well, let's find out."
Natasha suddenly sat down on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. Ezekiel was surprised by the sudden action, but managed to stay calm. Until he looked up at her eyes, the grin still there.
"Feel anything?"
"A bit."
"Hmm." Natasha slowly pulled his face to hers and softly kissed him. She then pulled her head back a little quickly, "How about now?"
"A little. But maybe you could try harder?"
She pulled his head toward hers and kissed him again, this time more passionately than before. Even more, he returned it, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her toward him. Suddenly he jumped back.
"Oh."
Natasha smiled, "I know you felt that, because I sure did. Seems like not all your lower body parts are numb after all."
A wry smile came up his face, "I guess. But it's not totally there. Could you try again, just to be safe."
"Of course."
They embraced again, their lips moving in heated passion. But they were unaware of the two people quietly watching them from behind the glass.
"I told you. Pay up, David."
"Damn. You win this time, Dead."
"Of course."
"I just didn't it think they would hit it off. Natasha is not exactly the romantic type. As for Ezekiel.....well, it just doesn't add up."
"Jealous."
"Are you kidding? You're talking to the love doctor David here. I'm just relieved to know that Natasha is in fact a woman and Ezekiel is in fact a human."
"We better leave them alone."
Yeah, a human who we owe a lot to. Ezekiel, Tekkaman Zero.