Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com
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DragonTek (Part I: The Invasion Saga)
Chapter 09 – Radam Advantage
Alena's eyes again widened in horror as she saw the devilish figure wave his hands to create the crystal-blue colored portal. It expanded until it became a medium-sized sphere, and through it, she could faint outlines of her family members, including her brother. However, she clearly made out the distinct outline of another man standing directly in front of the bluish gate; this man was Son Akira. The girl's throat tightened upon seeing the devilish figure reach out for the old man's throat.
'No, not again!' she screamed in her mind, watching the evil creature squeeze. 'I can't allow this to happen. Think quickly, Alena. Think quickly… But why isn't Vegita doing anything? Why is he just standing there? But still, this portal is a gateway between this afterworld and the living world, where they are. In that case, if I call out to my brother and Goku through my chi, they might be able to hear me and come through. They'll know I'm here, and they'll be able to help.'
The girl closed her eyes, focused her chi, and whispered in her mind, 'Goku, Vegita, please help me. Vegita… Vegita… Goku… Vegita… Goku… please hear me… please help me…'
Her concentration was broken when she heard a voice yell.
"You psycho bastard! Let go of my grandfather!"
'What? Whose voice is that?' Alena thought, snapping her eyes open. In front of her stood Kenshin, crouching and drawing his katana, which he pointed at the devilish figure that continued to grip his grandfather's throat. The boy scowled, examining the two strange beings standing before him and grinning. He wondered what they were, but his main concern was retrieving his grandfather.
'Where the hell am I?' Kenshin thought, observing the barren surroundings stretching for miles.
"Look at the bonus prize we have here," Bezel smiled with glee as he approached the teenage boy. "I didn't expect this to happen at all; I guess my friend over there was rather slow when closing the portal."
The devilish figure scowled at Bezel, but he soon proceeded to convert a nearby rock into a crystal-shaped jail that resembled Alena's cell. With a soft flick of the wrist, the monster tossed Akira in the new prison and subsequently sealed it. The color began to return to Akira's face, which had become pale due to the monster's choking him.
"You're in for an exciting time," the devilish creature grinned evilly at the old man. "But before you begin, why don't you say hi to your grand-niece?"
"A… Alena? Is that you?" the elderly man stammered upon seeing Alena in the same predicament. The old man regained his breath before he continued. "Poor child, they got you too?"
"Akira-san, yes, they kidnapped me while I was fighting those disgusting giant bugs," Alena explained, keeping her voice low. "They knocked me out, and I suddenly found myself in here when I woke up. Grandpa… I saw them kill my father… I saw them brutalize him…"
Akira gasped in shock as his heart raced, "We thought the Radam had gotten to him."
"No, grandpa, they… they murdered him," she choked as she turned to face Kenshin, who maintained his fighting stance; his sword was now pointing towards Bezel. "And now they have Kenshin as well, Grandpa… what are we going to do?"
"Welcome, Kenshin; your entrance is a pleasant surprise," the gray-skinned being spoke. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bezel, and I hope you enjoyed your little trip through the gate."
"What do you want from my grandfather? And Alena? What is she doing here?" the boy yelled.
"Oh, let's just say I'm saving her for future use," Bezel chuckled, grinning at the boy. "Your grandfather I will need now. And you, young one, will serve as insurance."
"What do you need from my grandfather?" the boy demanded. "You haven't told me yet."
"I want his life," Bezel smiled, narrowing his eyes.
"I'll kill you first, you bastard."
"That's quite impossible, young one," Bezel smirked. "You see, I'm already dead."
'Vegita… Goku… Vegita… Goku…' Alena continued to silently call.
"Akira! Kenshin!" Anita cried in shock, weakly falling on her knees; her body began to tremble.
'No, we don't need this again,' Pan thought as she walked towards the elderly lady.
"Kenshin is with him, they'll be alright. I am sure that they are still alive. Come and rest inside," Pan said as she tried to comfort her cousin-in-law. Anita took her hand, and Pan led her into the palace. The rest of the people stood frozen in shock, trying to make sense of what had just occurred.
"Kami-sama, what is going on?" Ichiro barked to Dende, whose eyes expressed trepidation.
"I don't know… I really don't know what that was!" said Dende defensively.
"What kind of Earth Guardian are you?" yelled Ichiro, waving his fist at the old Namek. "You don't know anything! And you don't do anything! You just stand and watch in this protected palace of yours while millions below get slaughtered, and all you say is 'I don't know'?"
"That's enough!" yelled Goku, his patience exhausted due to the anxiety in his own mind. "The enemy is out there. They are the ones to blame, not Kami-sama. If we don't stay united, we'll never survive! We have to be supportive of one another, not attack ourselves."
"Insolent boy! How dare you talk to your uncle like that!" Ichiro seethed, glaring hard at the young Saiya-jin who had spoken to him. "You are not the one that just lost his father and son!"
"I'm… I'm scared, otosan," Nio cried as she saw her father boil. Ichiro looked down at his daughter and saw the tears trickle down her innocent face. He kneeled down and hugged her, wiping her tears aside; Nio wrapped her arms hard around his neck.
"I want brother back, daddy," she whimpered softly. "I want ojiisan back."
"It's okay, dear, daddy will take care of everything," Ichiro tried to console her as Vegita and Goku looked on. Goku also felt Ichiro's pain, but he knew that taking out one's anger on his own friends would only serve to hurt the well being of the entire team. In addition, it was out of place for Ichiro to disrespect Kami-sama. The young Saiya-jin remained quiet but soon spoke when the time was seemly.
"Come on, Vegita, let's go now before we anger him any more," Goku whispered. Vegita nodded, and the two young men launched into the sky. Ichiro and Nio looked up to see them heading for space.
'Be careful,' wished Dende.
'I'm within range of the first hive,' he told himself in his mind.
Blade again revealed the blaster cannons on his huge shoulder pads. The hive was so monstrous in size; he wondered whether his blast would really eradicate the lot of the buggers in it. He paused for several seconds and gathered sufficient energy. Satisfied, he narrowed his eyes at the monstrous cocoon.
"Vol-Tekka!" he blared as his shoulder cannons once again released the potent emerald beam.
'I've got you now, you bastards,' he grinned, watching his powerful attack approach its target. However, his smile soon disappeared as he saw a figure come out from behind the hive and charge up.
'What the hell?' he thought in disbelief. 'Another Tekkaman?'
"Vol-Tekka!" Tekkaman Spear yelled as an orange crystal-colored beam erupted from his shoulders. The two beams collided in the middle, resulting in a small explosion, and they continued to push each other head on. Both Tekkaman struggled, trying to be the victor. At first, the contest seemed to be rather even; however, Blade soon felt as though he was losing some power, and he released more energy to make up for it. Spear noticed this and grunted. He was surprised at his younger brother's strength, but that only made him more determined to finish off the traitor. Their blasts countered each other in deadlock.
'I'm still losing power,' Blade thought desperately.
"What a surprise, more buggers," Goku muttered in frustration as the creatures continued to gang up on the two. Vegita remained dead silent; Goku knew his friend was once again seething in anger. In the back of his mind, Goku knew that Vegita's only goal was to make each bugger suffer from the pain he thought that they had caused his father when they had taken his life. Goku continued to tear up more of them but was soon distracted by bright flashes appearing in the distance down away near the Orbital Ring.
"Vegita, look at that," Goku pointed towards the direction.
"Nani? What now?" Vegita responded, his voice growling.
"Bright flashes in the distance… I think we should go check it out."
"Let me finish torturing these assholes first," growled Vegita, smashing through a beast's head.
'Vegita, come on. These things are probably pawns. Something bigger must be down there,' Goku thought. He was bothered that Vegita's anger had been clouding his judgment so severely. First, he had gone into space like an idiot. Now, he wouldn't even care about what his best friend was saying.
'I'm going anyway,' thought Goku, flying towards the flashes. 'He can follow me if he wants.'
"Goku, baka! Wait for me!" Vegita yelled, turning his head. His friend had always been like that, always getting distracted in a fight. 'Now that idiot wants to go chase some pretty colors.'
'The Blue Earth… Aki, Noal, I've got to help them!' Blade remembered desperately, continuing to fire his Voltekker. Both Tekkamen's blasts were still dead even; neither of them was overpowering the other. 'I've got to go over there now, but I leave now, his blast might just get me before I really move.'
Realizing how this could be achieved, Blade suddenly released another dose of his blast; before Spear could counter with more energy, Blade dodged out of the way. Spear's crystalline-orange blast blew right past Blade, who turned and headed straight for Dagger and the Blue Earth.
"Come back here, you coward!" yelled Spear, giving chase. Blade flew as fast as he could towards the Blue Earth, but something was wrong. Sure, his Voltekker had weakened him, but he felt his power was being drained some other way. The closer he got to the Blue Earth, the weaker he felt.
'Oh, no,' Blade thought as he approached the ship. He noticed Dagger standing in front of two people, captured and tied. He watched as the blue Tekkaman pointed the razor edge of his lance at them. "Ah, Blade, I'm so glad you could make it. We were having a good time discussing the destruction of your precious planet," Dagger smiled as Blade lowered himself to the landing strip. Spear cruised in from behind and landed on a mini-tower nearby. Blade looked over and realized that the two people tied up on the ground were Balzac and Noal.
'Where's Aki?' he wondered. "Let them go Dagger, you know they can't do anything to you."
"No, their feeble human bodies certainly wouldn't be able to do anything to me, but I found it odd that they tried to land on this particular landing ground – the landing ground that is close to the computers that control the lasers. They were sent to disable those lasers, weren't they?"
"You're smarter than I thought, Dagger," Blade muttered, gripping his lance tightly.
"Blade, run while you can, get backup!" yelled Noal in desperation.
"Silence, human!" barked Dagger. "Or else I'll be forced to make sure you never open your loud mouth again. Blade, I would like you to meet my new friend, Tekkaman Spear, your older brother."
"Kengo-niisan?" Blade gasped, looking up at the new, orange Tekkaman looking down at him. Spear's dark-orange armor covered most of his torso and his legs. The joints were covered with dark-colored material; his metallic face was chiseled. Blade's throat tightened in disbelief.
"You will find that your resistance is futile," announced Spear as Dagger began to tune out in boredom. "We will put an end to your treachery. When you succumb to us, you too will realize the glory of the Radam, and your last regret will be that you didn't support our cause in conquering this wasteland planet. In other words, you lose, Blade."
"Oh?" Blade moved forward to attack Dagger, but a sharp pain stopped him. 'No, this can't be happening. Not now! My power, it's gone! I have to get back into the ship, or I'll explode out here!'
Blade felt the last drops of his energy drain, and Dagger chuckled as he saw his enemy crawl back into the Blue Earth. Making it inside in time, Blade's armor faded as he reverted back to his human form.
"You little coward, hiding in that ship as if it will do you any good," Dagger laughed, twirling his lance. "Come out, Blade, otherwise this time, I really will kill your friends."
'Aki! She's hurt,' Blade whispered to himself as he rushed to her side. 'Balzac and Noal seem to have taken care of her. I can't let Dagger hurt the ship with her in here.'
"Blade, this is my last warning!" Dagger yelled, but his irritation was soothed as he saw Blade, wearing a space suit, exit from the craft. Blade cautiously walked down onto the landing strip and looked over at Balzac and Noal; the two men tried to move, but Dagger had done too good a job of tying them up.
'They must be terrified in there. There must be something I can do to save them,' Blade thought.
"Now, my friend, you've become a nuisance to us," Dagger started. "Quite a nuisance."
Blade chose not to answer; his mind raced for an effective solution. Dagger only raised his lance.
"It always hurts me to say my last good-byes to someone," the Tekkaman chuckled, "but in your case, I can feel nothing but delight. Good-bye, Blade… betrayer!"
With a grunt, the Radam warrior hurled his weapon at the man.
'Vegita… Goku… Vegita… Goku…'
The words kept ringing in his head as he continued to close his eyes and breathe deeply.
'Who is that calling? What does she want with me?' he thought, grimacing. 'And why is she calling for Kakarotto? What does she want to do with that baka?'
Prince Vegita opened his eyes in annoyance from having been disturbed from his meditation. He had been trying to reach his next level of power, and these interruptions were not helping him any; no, they weren't helping him one bit. The Saiya-jin frowned as the voice still echoed, thus royally rankling him.
"Vegita, why did you break your meditation?" asked Piccolo. Both were sitting in stone ledges of a small mountain. Surrounding them for miles was a rocky wasteland that extended to the limits of their vision. The river of liquid lava flowed silently below at the base of the mountain. They sky was of a deep orange-red color, and the air had its perpetual scent of burnt ashes. They really were somewhere in hell.
"Piccolo, don't you hear that voice?" Vegita narrowed his eyes.
"No, I don't hear anything. You're not hallucinating again, are you?" questioned Piccolo.
"No, I'm still hearing it, and it's driving me nuts," the Saiya-jin Prince answered, uncrossing his arms. With his left hand, he knocked himself in the head, hoping that it wasn't just coming from his imagination. He soon realized that he had hit himself a little harder than he wanted to, and he grabbed his temple to stop it from throbbing. This certainly wasn't making him any happier, not in the least bit.
"Do you know who it's from?" Piccolo asked curiously.
"No, but it sounds like a young girl begging for help," Vegita grimaced, still hearing the voice.
Piccolo laughed, crossing his arms and relaxing the tension on his face. He had been worried that Vegita had gone temporarily insane, for he didn't want to have to deal with that now.
"I never knew you were into romantic rescues. Besides, what would Buruma say?" Piccolo asked.
"Quite amusing, Namek," Vegita spat. "I'm really getting pissed off, and if I don't go and help her, she'll never shut up. I think I'll follow it and see where it takes me. Anywhere is better than here."
"Don't be rash," Piccolo answered. "Don't let some imagination in your head distract you."
"I'm not imagining!" barked Vegita. 'God, that voice is so irritating!'
He concentrated on his chi to help him find the direction of the voice, and he soon blasted away.
'I can always rely on Vegita to be blatantly impulsive,' thought Piccolo as he debated whether to follow him. 'Oh, what the hell; I'll go too.'
"Come on, kid, what are you waiting for?" Bezel taunted. Kenshin lunged for him, but Bezel dodged to his right and delivered a swift roundhouse to his jaw. Kenshin jumped back while thrusting his sword, nicking Bezel on the leg. Bezel lunged, grabbed Kenshin's hand, and blasted it with mild force.
"Ow!" Kenshin howled, dropping his katana and blowing on his singed hand. He felt a sweep at his legs, and his knees buckled. Bezel disappeared and reappeared behind him, knocking him to the dirt.
"Get up, kid. This is only the beginning!" Bezel grinned with glee as the devilish figure watched on in boredom, his eyes almost shutting. Bezel reached down, grabbed Kenshin's sword, and pointed it at the teenager. He took a swing at the boy's neck, but Kenshin ducked and delivered a swift kick to his midsection. Bezel staggered backwards and narrowed his eyes.
'This boy is stronger than he looks,' he thought, getting ready for the next attack.
"You were saying?" Kenshin smirked as he got back up to his feet. Bezel charged again and faked another swipe at the boy, who leapt in the air and came down with an axe kick. Bezel stuck the sharp blade upwards, and Kenshin moved his leg out of the way barely in time.
"This little toy of yours is useless to me," Bezel said in disgust as he tossed away the katana.
"That's good, Bezel. You shouldn't rely so much on a sword."
"Are you teaching me how to fight, boy?" Bezel laughed as he assumed another stance. This time, he leapt towards his opponent and blasted the ground in front of him, causing smoke and dust to block Kenshin's view. He suddenly disappeared and re-appeared behind the boy and back fisted him in the head. The teenager crashed down into the ground several feet away.
"Don't think you are better than me, young one. I've been dead for a long while now, and I've picked up a few fighting skills here in the under-world," Bezel said in a raspy voice, glowering.
"Don't give me this under-world bullshit," Kenshin grated. "I'm not dead, and neither are you."
Bezel lunged at the boy, and they continued their foray.
"Freeman! Those lasers haven't been disabled yet! What's going on?" barked Galt, who still stood by defiantly. "If you had let Tekkaman be in my power, the mission would have been over by now!"
"Yes – with everyone dead, I might add," the Chief retorted, trying to stifle a smirk.
"Don't spite me, Freeman. All of this is going on record," he replied, twitching his nose and shaking his fist. "If this assignment fails, even the President will force Blade out of your command."
"Have some patience, Galt," the man said, closing his eyes. "They'll finish their mission."
Galt snorted, giving Freeman a rude look before turning and leaving the facility.
'Vegita… Goku… Vegita… Goku…'
'Getting closer, now,' Vegita thought as he raced towards the source of his caller; he glanced around and noticed that he was flying through the heart of the wasteland. 'How did this girl end up here?'
Blade lunged out of the way just before the lance impaled him. Dagger laughed in response.
'I have to transform again,' he thought as sweat beaded down his forehead. Yet, he knew that he far too weak to do any good even if he were to become a Tekkaman again. He couldn't even fire his Voltekker, and the transformation would take even more energy out of him.
'No, but I have to try,' thought Blade, pulling out his crystal. Before he could call forth his powers, Dagger plowed into the man. Blade grunted as he crashed onto the ground several feet away, losing his grip on his crystal. Dagger caught the emerald item before it could float away.
"A very nice crystal you have here," continued the Radam Tekkaman, observing its green craftsmanship, "but I'm afraid that it won't be of any use to you anymore."
"Give it back," ordered Blade, knowing well that his words would make no impact.
"Do you think I'm stupid?" muttered Dagger. "I'm not going to let you transform… ever again."
With a sickening crunch, Dagger crushed the green item in his hand, laughing insanely as he uncurled his fingers, thereby allowing the five shards of the shattered crystal to float away into space.
"No, my crystal!" Blade gasped, then seethed with fury. "YOU FUCK!"
"I guess I should be ashamed of myself for delivering such a low blow, right?" Dagger taunted, shooting forth an energy rope from his forearm and tightly wrapping it around Blade's person. "Spear, let's make this quick and easy. Blast the ship, along with these three tied up humans, and we'll be on our way."
"With pleasure," Spear replied as he charged up, pointing his shoulder cannons in the direction of the Blue Earth. "Vol-Tekka!"