Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

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DragonTek (Part I: The Invasion Saga)

Chapter 06 – Fury in the Night

"Blade, can you tell us why these alien plants are growing here? What purpose do they serve?" asked Freeman, studying the man's face. He had recently been brought back to base, and Freeman wanted to get some information from him. Unfortunately, Blade was not able to provide a satisfying answer.

"I… I don't know. I wish I could help you, but I just don't remember," came the reply. The Chief frowned, hoping that Blade had recovered even a little of his memory, but he didn't. Blade shook his head, annoyed with himself. All Freeman had learned was that the Radam had completely taken control of the Orbital Ring and that there was another Tekkaman out there. However, Freeman didn't give up hope.

'I thought we could learn so much from this man. To them, he is a renegade, a traitor who decided to use his powers against them. Poor boy,' Freeman thought. 'At such a young age, he carries such a burden. He feels as if it's his responsibility to save the Earth.'

"Don't worry, Blade," he said. "You'll memory will return to you soon."

"Look," the young man said suddenly, turning towards him. "It doesn't matter if I remember this or not. I just want to fight the enemy, got it? That's the only thing that I care about now."

"I can understand that you want to—"

"Oh, and one more thing," Blade said sharply, narrowing his eyes. "Seeing what happened today, have your Space Knights stay out of my way. This is my battle, and I'm the only one who can fight them."

"Blade," Freeman said softly. "We can work together as one unit – a team. You'll provide the brawn, and we'll provide the technology. I think it would work rather well."

"Forget it, Chief," he replied. "This is my fight. Stay out of it, or else they'll kill you all."

I see him standing on the top of the hill, looking down to the beach below. What is he looking at?I'm nervous, but I have to go talk to him and tell him how I feel. I can't take it anymore, but big question is… can I muster the courage to confess? I don't know. I walk towards him, measuring every step. His back is facing me; I can't read his face. What is he thinking about? Is it the right time? Or should I wait? No, I have to go on; I can't hold it in any longer. I step cautiously… yet anxiously towards his figure.

'Please, please listen to me. Please don't be angry with me,' I think, feeling sweat in my palms. I am getting closer. My stomach is churning; my hands shaking. Now I'm behind him, too scared to speak.

"Alena," he says, turning around. His face is gentle and so innocent. The wind is blowing his hair while he is expecting a response; but I am at a loss for words.

"Alena, I knew you would come," he smiles warmly.

My heart skips a beat. I feel the blood rushing to my face.

"Son," I finally manage to speak. "Son Goku, I… I…"

"I know, Alena. I love you too…" he trails off.

He takes my hand and caresses it, and I bring myself closer to him. We look deeply into each other's eyes, the distance between our lips getting smaller and smaller. And then…

… He pulls away suddenly, crying out in pain. He grabs his stomach and kneels. I'm scared, so scared; I kneel down to help him. The blood flows through his fingers, recklessly running down his hand.

'Oh God!' he screams, but it comes as soft as whisper. Suddenly I hear a cackle, and I look up to see that devilish face once more. His hand comes closer and grips my throat… I cannot breathe. I try to call for help, but who would hear me? He squeezes harder…

'No!' she thought, snapping her eyes open. 'They'll kill us all… kill us because of who we are!'

With a trembling body, Alena slammed her fist into the wall of her crystal prison, but to no avail. The devilish figure glanced over and smirked. Alena looked into his piercing eyes with dread in her heart.

'Why did my father have to die? What did he ever to that devil?' the words echoed in her mind.

"My dear one, still trying to get out, I see. Rather futile, if I might add," Bezel said as he walked out from his tiny hut. The quaint man approached her closer, studying her.

"Stay away from me!" she warned. "Or I'll use my hidden power to finish you!"

"Hidden power? You're bluffing," smiled Bezel as he leaned one hand against the chamber.

"I'll become Super Saiya-jin, break out of this cell, and end your worthless life," she scowled.

"Oh, please; you are too funny. Do you expect me to believe that? Wouldn't you have escaped already in that case, hmm?" he said. "Besides, you're not strong enough to reach that level of power yet."

'Damn,' thought Alena as she continued to fume. 'I have to get out of this place somehow, soon.'

"Eager to escape so quickly? I understand it must get awfully boring in there, " smirked Bezel, boring his eyes into hers, "so I have decided to provide some more family entertainment for you."

Alena's eyes narrowed.

"How do you find your cousin Kenshin?" he said with a slow, sly grin. Alena froze.

"No! He's only sixteen; he's too young!" she blurted, fearful. "Please don't do anything to him!"

"Young one, you needn't worry," Bezel smirked. "I won't hurt him, for now at least."

Alena closed her eyes, breathing a small sigh of relief.

"But his grandfather will be the next to join us here in the after-world."

"Kaio-sama, can you tell us where the Radam are hiding? Where in space are they?" asked Goku.

"I am not able to detect them; their base is hidden," the blue catfish-like lord replied, pausing. "I have given you all you need to defeat them. Now, I wish you all luck in the battle ahead… Good-bye."

"Thank you, Kaio-sama," responded Ichiro, waiting for the presence of the greater guardian to leave. Turning back to the rest, he asked, "Okay, now where could the enemy realistically be hiding?"

"Maybe their ship is floating in space?" his son suggested, scratching his head.

"Perhaps, Kenshin, where else can you think of?"

"The Orbital Ring! Yes, they have to be there," replied Kenshin. Turning to his cousins for a look of approval, the boy got no reaction from them. Both Goku and Vegita looked very withdrawn from the conversation, for they were deeply concerned as to the whereabouts of Gejin and Alena.

'Where could they possibly be?' Goku thought. 'I can't feel their chi anywhere.'

"We have to look for my father and sister," Vegita announced, grabbing everyone's attention.

"I am sure they are fine," said Dende, trying to comfort the youth. "Your father can take care of both himself and your sister. Besides, night is on our doorstep, and I think that you all need some much-needed rest. Tomorrow will bring another battle, and you need to stay strong."

Moments later, the group entered the Sky Palace, and they prepared to sleep.

"After-world? You can't be telling me that I'm dead!"

"No, my dear, you are still very much alive, the way I want you. It is my friend over there and I who are not living anymore," Bezel chuckled, rubbing his hands together.

"Then how did I get here?" Alena asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Patience, please. I'll demonstrate it for you with Akira," smirked Bezel.

"Why do you want to hurt grandpa Akira?" demanded Alena. "You're such a coward, going after an elderly man. He did nothing, but you would still hurt him even though you two are stronger than him."

"Your position for making comments like that is highly dubious. You had better watch your tongue, young one, for we'll be knowing each other for a very… long… time."

"You're still awake?" said Vegita as he approached Goku, who sat at the edge of the large terrace.

"Why are you?" he countered, looking downwards at the Earth below. "I can't sleep knowing that Alena is out there. What if something happened to her? What if those damned buggers hurt her?"

"I know my sister," replied Vegita, setting next to his friend. "We're so used to babying her, but she has become strong. I know she can take care of herself."

"Then you aren't worried?" asked Goku, raising his voice several notes.

"No, don't get me wrong; I am worried… very worried. Even mother can't sleep. And my father, where is he? We should be at least able to feel his life energy," Vegita whispered as he clenched his fist.

Moments of silence passed as they stared below.

"Vegita, they say that you can see much of the Earth from this place. Look down, our lovely planet covered with those purple plants. It's almost as if it's a different world. What are they there for?"

"I hope we never have to find out," came the reply, and more silence followed.

"Goku, I'm going to go look for my father and Alena," Vegita declared, rising to his feet and rubbing his eyes. "I won't be able to sleep until I find them. Will you come with me?"

"My grandmother might get upset if I go out now."

"Goku, I'm serious," Vegita said, looking directly into his friend's eyes.

"Yeah," Goku replied, noticing the sincerity in the other's expression. "Let's go."

In the meantime, General Galt had been watching Blade's battle with the buggers and Dagger via the cameras planted on the Ring. Not only was it a spectacular show; it made him shake with excitement.

'I must have him; he is the ultimate war machine that could turn the tide. If he is to be placed under my command, I will bring out the full potential in him. The war would be won, and I would be hailed as the greatest general in the history of mankind,' thought Galt, licking his lips. 'I can hardly wait for it!'

A thin smile came across his lips as he decided to pay a visit the Space Knight base the next day.

"She must have been at the university when they attacked. We'll start there," instructed Vegita, and they took off from the terrace into the peaceful night. The stench of battle was still fresh in the air as they flew for their destination, and the eerie silence that echoed through the air sent chills through them.

"Don't look down; you'll only get sick," Vegita said softly, keeping his eyes forward.

Below, corpses of thousands of innocent civilians lay on the ground. Around those bodies, the mysterious spore-plants raised themselves high as if they symbolized victory over their poor, fallen victims.

'I will not let this go unpunished,' thought Goku, feeling his throat tightening. The two continued on their flight path and slowed down as they approached the grounds of Alena's Japan Science Institute.

"Here we are," said Vegita, lowering onto the broken road. The sight there was just as nauseous as everywhere else – collapsed buildings had crushed many students, while buggers had ripped apart others.

Tightening their strength of their minds, the two boys separated and commenced their search.

"Gejin-san…" Goku whispered in disbelief. "GEJIN-SAN!"

His piercing cry brought about the greatest feeling of dread Vegita had ever known. Goku turned around, and Vegita saw tears streaming down his face. Looking past Goku, Vegita froze by what he saw – his father's mutilated cadaver. He slowly broke down, slamming his fists into the dirt as he shed tears…

… And flew into a scorching rage moments later.

'Otosan… otosan…' the words repeated in his mind, calling for the aura of Super Saiya-jin to once

again reveal itself. Goku shielded himself as Vegita's chi exploded around his person; the furious boy's muscles increased in density and tone, and his chair changed color into a fiery orange-yellow. Instantly, the golden aura flamed about his figure, and Vegita looked upward towards the starry night sky.

"Those fucking Radam!" Vegita swore in a growling voice that Goku couldn't even recognize.

"They took my father and my sister! I will send them all to hell, Son Goku! I will," he yelled.

"Wait!" Goku hollered just as Vegita burst upwards towards the Orbital Ring.

Vegita didn't even notice the chilling cold of space as he escaped Earth's atmosphere; his wrath had completely clouded his judgment, and his eyes glowed with hatred upon seeing the buggers approach.

"You bugger bastards!" he seethed as he slaughtered the beasts. Vegita grabbed one's head and tore out its eyes. He left it crying in agony before finishing it off with an energy beam. Two others saw this and swooped in to attack the man that had finished off their friend. They sprayed their explosive saliva at Vegita, who barely dodged in time. In fact, the Saiya-jin realized that he was weakening drastically.

'My power… my power is fading – I can't breathe,' Vegita finally noticed. The buggers took the advantage and clawed him on his arm. 'I have to get out of here, and fast! But I don't have the strength—'

"Vegita, you fool!" said Goku as he flew up from behind and grabbed him. Several buggers tried to attack Goku from the back, but the young man retaliated with blasts of his own and obliterated them.

"We're going back… now!" Goku said, noticing his friend almost faint. Vegita gasped for breath as Goku dragged him back down towards the Earth, and he welcomed the rush of air that entered his lungs.

'What was I thinking?' Vegita thought as they landed. He collapsed and panted on the ground.

"Vegita, are you okay?" Goku asked, kneeling next to his buddy.

"What did I do, Goku?" he cried with tears welling. "I almost killed myself and risked your life with my own stupidity. I must be going crazy. I must be going mad."

"No, Vegita; don't take it so hard on yourself. I understand," his friend softly consoled.

"Thank you," Vegita whispered, huddling his knees closer to himself. An hour quietly passed as they sat quietly, worrying about Alena while mourning Gejin's death. Vegita knew his mother wouldn't be able to bear the sight, so he began to vaporize his father's remains with a soft, continuous energy beam.

'Good-bye, father, I pray for you,' Vegita thought. Finished, he said, "Let's go back, Goku."

"Dagger, why have you returned? I told you to remain at the Orbital Ring."

"Lord Omega, I have observed something that might be of great importance."

"You may continue," the Warlord replied in a deep, low voice.

"It seems that we may have a new, unforeseen enemy."

"A new enemy? It could not be another renegade Tekkaman."

"Master, I do not know what it was. A short while ago, I had been healing myself in a Tekka-pod when I was alerted that an attacker had arrived. I flew within close proximity to observe the battle, but I noticed that the attacker was not a Tekkaman at all," Dagger explained. "Rather, it was a human."

"A human fighting in space? Are you sure, Dagger?" Omega rasped, annoyed from having heard something so preposterous as this. How could Dagger insult him by telling him such a fabrication? Were these Earth Tekkamen going to pose problems as well?

"I am very sure, sir. Yet, he didn't seem quite normal, if I may say so. His hair was of an orange-yellow color and unusually spiky. He also had an aura about him… a golden aura."

'A golden aura? What could this mean? Nothing I know resembles a human with such an aura except for …' Omega lost himself in thought, refusing to complete the sentence in his mind.

"Sir, if I may ask, what is it? What are you thinking about?"

'Lord Plague had explained to my master the story of the destruction of the Radam planet. In that legend, a Saiya-jin of golden pointed hair and aura was responsible for the near extermination of the Radam population. Yet, that happened over a thousand years ago. How could he still exist? More importantly, why would he be living on Earth?' Omega pondered to himself.

"Sir?" Dagger asked with a curious tone in his voice.

"That man is not human."

"Not human?" the bluish Tekkaman blurted, his head snapping upwards towards his master.

'What a fortunate coincidence; yet it could be deadly on the same token. If I vanquish this planet, then I will have exterminated the last drop of Saiya-jin blood and fulfilled Lord Plague's ultimate wish.' Omega thought with mixed reactions; he looked down at his servant and continued, "If Blade were to combine forces with that man, they would pose an awesome threat. You would be no match against the both of them. I command you to release Tekkaman Spear at once!"

"My lord, he is not at full strength…"

"Do not question me, Dagger. Awaken him!"

Dagger approached the Tekka-pod and peered inside. How powerful would this new Tekkaman really be – enough to help him? The man inside seemed so content in there… so peaceful, so helpless.

"Tek-System, release this man now; do not activate his fail-safe mechanism," Dagger whispered.

The pod seemed to acknowledge him with a glow. Soon, a thin tear made its way down the outer skin of the red pod, and Dagger watched as the gelatinous material inside oozed out. Soon, a hand reached out from within, and following it emerged a man, who fell to the ground and lay there, breathing heavily.

"Tekkaman Spear," said Dagger, "be prepared to serve Omega."

The man didn't respond, and Dagger grew concerned.

"Dagger," he finally spoke, raising his head. "I am ready to serve our warlord. I am ready to kill my dear younger brother, Tekkaman Blade."

Blade had trouble falling asleep as well. He closed the door to his living quarters in the Space Knight base and quietly made his way out of the compound. He carefully stepped on the grass and looked at the sky, appreciating the light that shone from the heavens. The moon was of particular interest to him.

'So bright…' he thought, not knowing why he stared at it. It almost seemed to urge him to look.

"Blade… why are you up so late?" whispered Aki from her balcony, startling the young man. She too had been awake looking at the stars that very night and had been surprised to see him do the same.

"Wait, I'll come down," she said softly, disappearing into her room. Blade waited patiently and continued to look at the night sky above. Moments later, the young woman stood beside him.

"The moon is certainly beautiful tonight, isn't it?" Aki asked with sweetness in her voice.

"Yeah, it's nice, I guess," Blade replied, continuing to gaze at it.

"Can I ask you a question?" she asked, giving him a curious look.

"Sure, Aki."

"We want to help you Blade. I don't understand why you don't see that," she said, her voice firm.

"What do you mean?"

"We're in this war together. Why do you want us to stay out of your way?"

"I'm the only one who has the power to stop the enemy. If you all get in the way, you may end up getting hurt, or worse. You saw the havoc they caused on the military bases and cities around the world."

"Blade, if we work alone, we may not survive anyway," she countered, shrugging. "Without your cooperative help, nobody will benefit."

"What makes you think so? I have a power that nobody else has the burden of having."

"I'm sure the aliens have more Tekkamen ready to fight. So far, you've only had to face one."

"What's your point?"

"What if they release more, Blade? How could you fight against those odds on your own? Look around – homes were destroyed, families torn, innocent civilians all over Earth killed by a senseless force that only wants to destroy. They need our protection, and we can give them that only if we work together."

"What do you want me to do, Aki?"

"Join the Space Knights. Be a part of the team."

"I don't know, Aki. I just don't want to see you all get hurt if something goes wrong."

"Blade, we're going to fight this war against the Radam, even if you decide not to fight it with us. We can go our separate ways and battle the enemy without each other's help… and die alone," she said, her throat starting to tighten. "… Or we'll struggle together… and win."

"Does all the team feel this way?"

"I don't know for sure," said Aki as she swallowed hard, "but I certainly do."

He turned to her and looked into her eyes, eyes that showed complete sincerity. The pain written on her face made him realize how deeply she felt about her planet. She would be ready to give her life for her home, no matter the strength of the enemy. Blade lost himself for several seconds; then turned away.

"Aki…" he whispered as he slowly nodded. "I'm in."