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Last time on Tekkaman Z!
The gang has entered a Best Couple Contest to win the five-star dragonball! The good news is, Aki and Takaya are back together! The bad news is, Gunnar and Sword are back! Well, Gunnar is disposed of as usual, but at a great cost...our food-obsessed friend Ringo is lost in the battle. Just when things couldn't get any worse, who else but Lance appears! He, too, is taken care of, but at more expense—this time at the cost of Jamison's life!
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Rick Melders smiles at Akamatsu Reiko!
And just when things couldn't get any worse, the Radam spore plants have activated, enveloping Earth in the last phase of Radam's plan to unfurl its banner across yet another region of the cosmos! Could things get any worse? Perhaps we'll find out today on...
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Episode 12: Desperate Desperation
By: Kajitani-Eizan
Setting: Day 2, about 12:00 PM, the Blue Earth.
Miyuki Meter: 27.5 hours remaining. [========|========|========]
Phatness Gauge Z: 1234567
A beeping monitor attracted Aki's attention. She turned towards it and gasped.
"Oh no!" yelled Aki. "Shinya's taken the rocket boosters! He's heading for Omega's base on the moon!"
"No, that fool!" yelled Takaya. "He can't possibly take on Omega by himself! Why didn't he ask for my help?"
"Poor Shinya," said Aki, gazing at the viewscreen. "Those buggers are going to give him a hard time."
Suddenly, the buggers parted, allowing Saber free passage to the moon. Saber flashed a red eye.
"Red?!" gasped Takaya. "That can only mean one thing...Shinya's randomly reverted back to his Radam side! No! Shinya, no!"
Aki could only stare in shock as Takaya slammed in fist down on the console and sobbed.
Suddenly, he made up his mind. "I've got to go and stop him!" he yelled, running for the airlock.
"Wait, Takaya!" cried Aki. "Watch out for—"
Takaya's eyes widened as he tripped over a pipe on the floor. He went flying into the opposite wall, hitting his head against it with a sickening crunch.
"TAKAYA!" yelled Aki, running to his side. "Are you all right?"
After a few moments, he opened his eyes. "Wh...where am I?"
"Takaya?" asked Aki.
"Takaya...? Is that my name?" said Takaya. "Oh no, I seem to have lost my memory!"
My god... thought Aki.
***
The blue, glowing fluid drained out of the glass tube. The tube opened with a rush of compressed air, allowing the armored figure within to exit.
"Soon..." the figure intoned, flashing a red eye.
***
"Yes, your name is Takaya, and my name is Aki," said Aki quickly. "Look, there's no time, you've got to tek-set, get out there, and fight Saber!"
"Saber...?" said Takaya.
"Yes!" replied Aki, tightening her grip on Takaya's shoulders. "You were just about to go after him when you tripped on that pipe, hit your head, and lost your memory, remember? Now c'mon, tek-set!"
"Tek-set...?" asked Takaya uncertainly. "What do you mean?"
"You know," said Aki exasperatedly, "that thing where you generate your green crystal, swing it above your head, shout 'Tek-setta!', and transform into Tekkaman Blade!"
Takaya looked at his hand and flexed it, causing the emerald Tek-set crystal that we all know and love to...
...not appear.
"I can't do that," said Takaya. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"What?!" shouted Aki.
"What's all the ruckus about?" asked Miyuki, walking in.
"Takaya's lost his memory! He can't even transform anymore!" yelled Aki.
"No!" cried Miyuki, running over to hug Takaya tightly. "Takaya!"
"Um...you're making me uncomfortable..." muttered Takaya nervously, trying not to look down Miyuki's shirt. His face reddened.
"You're my brother! I'm your sister, Miyuki!" she yelled.
Oh, good... thought Takaya, his face returning to its normal color. Whew, that makes things less complicated...
"And she..." started Miyuki desperately, "she's your...well...she, um, likes you and all...please try to remember!"
"I'm sorry," said Takaya, glancing furtively at Aki's pretty, sobbing face, "I still can't remember anything."
Great... thought Aki. Shinya's defected, Takaya's lost his memory, Ringo is dead, the Commander is gone as well, and the Radam plants are blooming. Now Miyuki is our only hope...
***
"Hey, did you see those giant man-eating plants?" said Goku.
"Yeah," replied Krillin. "Man, they really pulled out all the stops for this next movie!"
"Yeah, I thought they were changing to CG these days, but I guess the realism and publicity make live acting worth it..."
The two watched as another man screamed for mercy as he was captured and swallowed by a Radam plant.
***
"Master," said Saber, kneeling down in front of Omega.
"Saber?!" asked Omega, incredulous. "You dare to return after what you've done, traitor?!"
"I beg for forgiveness, master!" pleaded Saber. "I merely saw a perfect opportunity to spy on the humans and did not have enough time to ask your permission first."
"Never do anything without first consulting me, my sweet little servant!" boomed Omega. His voice took on a softer, more sly tone. "And what are the fruits of your spying?"
"Sire," replied Saber, "I have found out about these things called 'dragonballs'. They are little orange spheres, and there are only seven of them on the planet."
"And what would be the point of these?" asked Omega, boredly amused.
"Once you collect all seven, a huge dragon will appear and grant you any wish you desire," replied Saber. "I'm sure that would mitigate the conquest of Earth, wouldn't you say?"
Omega stared at him, shocked. "You've been the most useful servant I've had since...well, the most useful ever!" cried Omega. "Find all seven at once!"
"Yes," said Saber, "but to find these balls, you need to have one first, which will tell you how to get the others. And, if what Lance told me is correct, you have already found one yourself."
"I did?" blurted Omega. "Oh, that's right, I did." Now that I think about it, I do remember finding a small orange ball floating out in space...
"I will send a bugger to fetch the ball for you," said Omega, mentally sending the instructions to a bugger. "I leave this job to you."
"Thank you, sire," replied Saber, flashing a red eye. "You know how much I love to serve you."
"Ah, here it is," intoned Omega, taking the dragonball from the bugger's claws. It had one dark orange star in it. "Take it and find the others quickly!"
"Yes, Master," replied Saber, kneeling to accept the gift. He got up and left the room.
Ah, yes... thought Omega. With Saber back on my side, I will be able to rid myself of those traitors Blade and Rapier! Hahaha...
***
Suddenly, a comm channel opened.
"Anyone! Can you hear me? Please respond!" cried Bakin desperately.
"This is the Blue Earth," replied Aki, quickly rushing over to the console. "What's wrong?"
"This is Lieutenant Izumi Bakin from the Allied Military Secret Research Base," replied Bakin, panicked. "Radam is attacking the base, and we can't hold out much longer! We'll try to hide ourselves and the latest technology, but please send help!"
"Er..." replied Aki. "Well, we have some problems of our own involving our Tekkamen..."
"Tekkamen?!" cried Bakin. "Send them over! Please! We need them desperately! The fate of the planet depends on—"
Bakin was cut short as the screen changed to static.
"Oh, no," said Aki.
"I'm the only one left..." whispered Miyuki. "But I must help. It's my duty."
"I'm sorry I can't help," said Takaya, shaking his head. "But I can't remember anything. Although this situation does sound somewhat familiar..."
Aki calculated the coordinates of the origin of the transmission and set the Blue Earth to fly in that direction. With Ringo and Jamison dead, she was the acting Commander of the Space Knights. If the Space Knights could give any help to research bases, Allied Military or not, their duty to the planet was to do so.
***
"My newest plan," thundered General Galt, head of the Allied Military, "is to defeat the enemy not when it is on the attack, but when it on the defense. This means we must strike at their home base."
The screen behind him switched to a new slide that displayed the Orbital Ring System.
"My newest plan," continued Galt, "is to fire the Thunderhawk missile directly at the Space Ring, spreading Z-tron throughout the entire Ring and causing the various sections of it to fall to Earth, needlessly sacrificing millions of lives. Any questions?"
"Of course!" yelled Melders, standing up. "How could you think of such a thing, Galt-sama?! What proof do you have that the Space Ring is Radam's base, and how can you justify the wanton murder of millions of innocent people?!"
"We must make sacrifices in a war, Lieutenant," said Galt, "and this is one of them. If millions—even billions—die in this war, it is worth it if I get more prestige! Understand?"
"And, of course," said a rather weasel-like aide, "he will be saving the lives of millions more—nay, the lives of entire human race!"
"It still isn't worth it, Galt-sama!" shouted Melders. "I greatly respect you, but I feel that you're making a terrible mistake!"
"General!" cried Reiko, holding Melders' arm. "Please reconsider!"
"I would ask you to be quiet before I arrest you for insubordination!" thundered the General. "Now...any other objections?"
The assembly shook their heads nervously.
"Good," he replied with a hard smile. "Begin preparations for the firing of the Thunderhawk missile."
Finally... thought Galt. We will finally end this war. It's a surprise that that fool Jamison hasn't yet complained to the President like last time...
***
"Hello?" called out Aki. "Is anyone there? Can anyone hear me?"
Apparently, the buggers had attacked, and finding nothing of immediately obvious importance, had left, leaving the place in ruins. Miyuki and Aki walked down the destroyed halls, looking for the survivors, while Takaya stayed aboard the ship in case of emergency.
"Hello?" called Miyuki.
"Wait a second..." said Aki, stooping to examine the floor. "Look, there's a thick layer of dust on the floor. And it isn't debris from the attack; the ceiling looks quite intact."
"That's odd," replied Miyuki, puzzled. "There shouldn't be dust; even if the janitor was slacking, the personnels' footsteps should have prevented it from gathering."
Suddenly, the door shut behind them.
"Shit!" cursed Aki, typing away at the keypad. "It's locked! We can't go back!"
"Then we had better go forward," replied Miyuki warily.
The two continued forward until they reached a dark room. Upon stepping in, the door shut solidly behind them with a whoosh, eliciting a curse from Aki.
Dim lights came on. Miyuki squinted through the darkness and recognized a face.
"Ah, there you are, Bakin-san," said Miyuki. "Where is everyone else?"
"There is no one else," replied Bakin, grinning evilly. "Truthfully, I don't really need your help."
"What...?" trailed off Miyuki, narrowing her eyes. Aki stared at him in shock.
"Why don't we all brighten up a bit, hm?" joked Bakin, turning up the lights.
The three stood in a large room with consoles on the sides, mostly broken. A large tube, filled with a blue substance, stood in the center of the room.
"That blue energy..." gasped Aki. "Is that...?"
"Yes," replied Bakin. "It's Z-tron. I have managed to gather such a large stockpile thanks to a Mr. Balzac St. Jacques' friend... I believe his name was Dr. Marlow."
"Marlow..." gasped Aki.
"Z-tron?" asked Miyuki. "But why would you want Z-tron? And why would you lure us all the way out here?"
"Oh no," breathed Aki, a slow, sinking realization occurring to her. "It's a trap! How could this be?"
"I guess I'll show you," smirked Bakin, reaching into his pocket and pulling something out.
"TEK-SETTA!"
***
Saber flew towards the Blue Earth. Hahaha... he thought. Blade should be inside the ship. Now for some fun...
He found Takaya staring at his hands in the cockpit.
"Having fun, brother?" said Saber, flashing his eye at Takaya.
"Oh," said Takaya, turning around, "are you my twin brother they keep telling me about? Wait...aren't you evil? ...Shit!"
"What are you talking about, dummy?" asked Saber. "Are you pretending to have amnesia or something? Now isn't the time; you need to get Miyuki and Aki—"
"Actually, I do have amnesia," replied Takaya. "I don't remember anything."
"Don't be stupid!" yelled Saber, smacking Takaya upside the head, causing him to collapse to the floor. "We need to talk to the others!"
"Well, Miyuki and Aki went down to help the survivors of the Radam attack in that base down there," said Ringo, looking with mild amusement at Takaya's pained state. "But their communicators seem to be jammed."
"Where...am I?" asked Takaya, rubbing his head. "Where's Miyuki?"
"Down in that ruin where their communicators are jammed," said Saber, pointing. "But I'm sure there's nothing to worry about."
"Wait, if their communicators are jammed, doesn't that imply a trap?" said Jamison, crossing his arms.
Takaya and Saber looked at each other. "Oh, shit!"
***
"You aren't so tough," mocked Rapier as she again hit her opponent with a double-handed rapier slash, sending him flying into a wall.
"You haven't seen the true power of Tekkaman Gay!" gloated Gay, moving his hands to his sides in his practiced pose and emitting a purple light. "RAAARRRGGGHHH!"
Rapier watched in horror as Gay evolved into a Blastor Tekkaman, a form with more bulk and phallus-like projections.
"This is the mighty power of Z-tron!" smirked Gay before blasting forward and plowing into Rapier, causing her to scream in pain. "How do you think Soltekkaman Noaru became Blastor?"
The Z-tron... thought Aki, hiding behind a console. That's why he wanted it!
"Ever since I was captured by that premature Radam plant and educated in the ways of the Tekkaman," explained Gay between punches, "I have realized that the military project known as Z-tron—a project based on Blade's Voltekker data—would be a valuable asset to me. It could help me evolve beyond my current level. I constantly searched for ways to procure more and more Z-tron. This paltry amount certainly isn't enough; I need much more. And recently, I discovered the perfect way to get it."
"And that...ugh...would be?" queried Miyuki.
"I'll give you three guesses," replied Gay. "They're orange and round."
"The dragonballs..." gasped Miyuki. She then cried out as a hard punch knocked the wind out of her.
"At one point, I had tried to forget about my Radam powers...tried to pursue a happy life," said Gay. "I tried to get together with the man of my dreams, but he rejected me. He rejected me coldly... It was at that point that I knew that I had to get enough Z-tron to be more powerful than Omega. Only then could I take over the Earth. Only then could I force my love to see how great I really am."
"You can't force your love to like you!" cried out Miyuki. "He'd only hate you for what you're doing!"
"Someone like you can't understand!" shouted Gay. "Someone like you could never understand!"
"You're wrong; I—" started Miyuki, only to be cut off by a vicious kick.
"You don't know anything," growled Gay, charging up his Blastor Voltekker. "You don't know anything!"
"VOL-TEKKA!"
Gay cried out as he was thrown back from the force of dual Voltekkers—one green, one blue.
"No one messes with my sister!" shouted Blade, flashing a green eye at Gay.
"You're gonna pay for what you've done!" yelled Saber, brandishing his lance threateningly.
The two watched as the dust cleared.
"Was that supposed to hurt?" mocked Gay. "You two sure are stupid. But I guess neither of you have seen a Blastor Tekkaman before, hm?"
"Blastor?!" exclaimed Blade. That's what Omega was talking about a lot!
"Well, then, shall we begin?" taunted Gay, generating his lance. Saber raised his eyebrow at the shape of the weapon.
***
Lance realized what his abdominal grumblings were pressing him to do. Peering out of the window, he gazed at the beautiful Earth as he detransformed.
"Well, this will only be a minor setback," said Moroto, walking into the bathroom. "But soon...very soon...Project Xylophone will activate...Mwahahaha!"
***
"ORYAAA!" screamed Blade, his lance somehow twirling without any movement of his hand. He swung his spinning blade at Gay, who blocked the attack with a perpendicular parry. Gay swung his lance in a rising motion, catching Blade off balance and sending him flying across the room. Saber, seizing this opportunity, stabbed his lance at Gay's back...and missed. Gay sidestepped at the last moment and whirled around, smashing into Saber with a vicious backhand. Saber screamed in pain as he felt his armor crack and pierce his skin from the force of the Blastor Tekkaman's blow. Picking Saber up, Gay laughed as he hurled him into Rapier, who was charging towards Gay, sending the two crashing onto Blade, who was starting to get back up, knocking both Blade and Saber unconscious.
Gay laughed manically as he revealed all of his Voltekker cells and charged up his Blastor Voltekker. Rapier could only watch, unable to move from the pain, as he flashed red eyes at them, still preparing their imminent deaths.
It's all over... thought Rapier. The Earth is doomed... Everyone will be enslaved... I'm so sorry for letting everyone down...
What are you talking about?! screamed a voice in her head. You're just going to give up, just like that?
What...?
Don't be stupid! Hurry up and use it!
Gay smirked evilly as he finished charging his Blastor Voltekker.
Rapier lifted her hand up and to the side, pushed it down through the rubble, and lifted out...
Ringo's spare Soltekkaman Z-tron gun.
"AAAAGGHH!!" screamed Gay as Rapier pumped shot after shot into his Voltekker cells, temporarily disabling his Voltekker. He shrieked in pain as a bolt shattered his left arm, sending its array of Voltekker cells through the air and next to Rapier.
You know what to do! yelled a voice in her head. Do it!
With grim determination, Rapier grabbed Gay's Voltekker cell and jumped into the pod of Z-tron.
"What...what are you doing?" screamed Gay.
"I won't..." breathed Rapier. "I won't let you be killed!"
"Nooooooo..." moaned Gay, stretching a hand out to her.
"TEEEAR-TEKKA!"
Melders-chan... I wish I could...
Pink light, surrounded by crackling electricity, spiraled upwards from the base...then exploded outwards in brilliance, eradicating everything in a five mile radius. The wind blew desolately across the dust-covered rubble, denying that any form of life existed within the terrible zone of destruction.
Aki sighed in relief.
***
General Galt, head of the Allied Military, gazed out the window with satisfaction. The preparations for launching the Thunderhawk missile were going well; military personnel with headsets were running around and shouting commands loudly for no apparent reason.
"Let me go!" shouted Lieutenant Melders, struggling to get out of the guards' firm grip. "General, you're making a terrible mistake!"
"I am making no mistake, Lieutenant!" barked Galt.
"Think of the people you are fighting to save!" cried Reiko. "They will all be killed by your insane plan! What is it that you are trying to protect...humans' lives, or your prestige?!"
Galt thought for a moment, a rare occurrence. "My prestige, of course," he returned. "Take them away."
He turned back towards the view screen. Soon...
***
Takaya enjoyed the sensations that he was experiencing as his lover bounced on his lap and Frenched him wildly. Several idle seconds passed as the two fought to catch their breath, but then the action continued, hot as—
"A Taco Bell chicken fajita straight out of the oven," said Ringo, his intent gaze following every luscious jiggle of the lascivious, delicious Jell-O on the television set.
Takaya felt himself build up to a thundering crescendo. "Ohhhh, Aki... yeahhhh..."
"Takaya! Yes! Takaya!" cried the woman. "Takaya! TAKAYA!"
"Takaya! Takaya! Are you okay?" said Aki, shaking Blade by the shoulders.
Blade opened his eyes, groaned, and sat up. A few pieces of his armor were badly damaged by the explosion, but he himself was mostly uninjured. Saber sat up nearby, his armor in a similar state.
"I had such a good dream..." said Blade before turning serious. "How's Miyuki?"
"I found her, but she's trapped under a beam," replied Aki, leading him to Rapier's location. Blade easily lifted the chunk of metal off his sister and knelt down.
"Miyuki, are you all right?" he asked.
She smiled and detransformed. "Well, I feel fine... although that last attack drained a lot of my energy."
"It's okay," said Saber. "I got the last dragonball. We can take them to Bulma and cure you now!"
"Yeah, and we still got a whole day left!" said Ringo, checking the Miyuki Meter.
Miyuki Meter: 0.5 hours remaining. [========|========|========]
"WHAT?!" he shouted. "We only have half an hour left?!"
"Oh no!" exclaimed Jamison. "That Teartekker must have lopped a whole 24 hours off of the time limit!"
"We have to hurry!" shouted Blade, detransforming and whipping out his cell phone. The not-so-quiescent quattro dashed towards the Blue Earth, intent on ending the story arc before Miyuki's life did.
***
Bulma wiped the sweat off her brow and looked at the clock. She finally finished working on her latest invention, and now it was time for lunch.
"Hmm..." she said, picking up the phone, "let me try that new pizza place Goku told me about..."
***
"SHIT!" screamed Takaya, staring at his cell phone. "Her phone is busy!"
"Isn't that my cell phone?" asked Jamison, scratching his chin.
"Keep trying!" said Shinya. "We'll keep heading towards her house. It's not too far now."
"I hope I'll be okay," commented Miyuki, starting on another episode of Initial D. "One thirty seven... one thirty six... one thirty five..."
"...Dammit, her phone's still busy! What could possibly be more important than Miyuki?"
***
"Anchovies?" asked Bulma. "No, that's disgusting..."
"But I like them!" insisted Vegita.
"Okay, so how about we order two anchovy pizzas and ten sausage ones?" asked Trunks.
"No, there's no variety in that," said Goku, leaning his chin on the back of his chair. "Um... can you ask them to list the toppings they have available?"
"Again?!"
***
"We're almost there!" shouted Blade, watching the Blue Earth touch down in Bulma's front yard.. "Stay with us, Miyuki!"
"Six," said Miyuki, eating a jellybean and intently watching the car race between Takumi and Ryousuke on screen.
"No!"
"Five."
Commander Jamison tried to keep a neutral expression as he witnessed the heartbreaking scene unfolding in front of him. He remembered the time when Miyuki was lying in an infirmary bed, recovering from her wounds. Takaya truly opened up his heart to the green-haired young girl. Jamison could clearly see the happiness in Takaya's eyes as he held his sister's hand and talked about the past. The girl's sad eyes smiled back at Takaya, their pretty irises backed with determination. Jamison could not help but respect her strength of will.
"Four."
Ringo felt a tear slip down his cheek. When Miyuki had first arrived, he was glad for his friend Takaya that one of his own had come back to him to give him comfort and support. More importantly, Miyuki was hot. Despite his thwarted attempt to partner with Miyuki during the Best Couple Contest, Ringo felt that with enough time, he would have a chance to win her heart. And now, he had only four seconds left to do it.
"Three."
Kisaragi Aki tried to suppress her tears. She remembered the conversation that she had had with Miyuki a while back.
"So, Aki, have you put the moves on him yet?"
"What? Who?" blurted Aki, blushing.
"C'mon, I can see it as clear as day. You like Takaya."
"I... I don't know..."
"It's so obvious from the way you talk to him, the way you flip your hair back, the way you tilt your head and flash a smile at him..."
"But... I don't know if he likes me..."
"Oh, he does," assured Miyuki. "I know big brother inside out. I can tell. He likes you a lot, but he's too shy to admit it."
Aki smiled sadly. She had helped out so much... For it to end like this...
"Two."
Aiba Shinya bowed his head. He felt terrible knowing that he had attacked and almost killed his little sister while under the control of Radam. If Takaya hadn't shown up to stop him, this moment of parting never would have happened. He remembered how Miyuki had flashed her bright, cheerful smile at him right before they left the Argos that fateful day long ago. He tried to smile through his tears, knowing that he at least had gotten a chance to spend time with his little sister one last time.
"One."
Aiba Takaya stared at Miyuki in shock, his hands enveloping hers. He thought back to the time that the three of them had played on the beach near the old lighthouse.
"Hey!" cried Takaya happily.
"Ohh, look what I found!" squealed Miyuki, cradling a perfect seashell in her palms.
"Gimme that!" smirked Shinya, grabbing the shell and running away.
"Hey, give it back!" whined Miyuki, chasing after him.
The three laughed and frolicked under the bright sun, the calm ocean waves beating against the sandy beach. Takaya chased after Shinya and wrestled the shell away from him.
"Here you go," he smiled at Miyuki, gently placing the shell back into her hands.
"Thanks, oniichan!" squealed Miyuki, beaming up at him.
"Zero."
Miyuki keeled over and hit the floor of the Blue Earth, her emerald green hair trailing behind her like a shining beacon of fallen hope.
"MIYUKI!"
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End Chapter 12