Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

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DragonTek (Part I: The Invasion Saga)

Chapter 10 – Saiya-jin's Rage

'This is it,' thought Blade. The crystal-orange beam made its way towards the Blue Earth, with Noal, Balzac, and now even Blade tied up helplessly in front of it. 'There's nothing I can do. Father, I tried my best, I really did. My last regret is that with my death, I will be abandoning the Earth…'

'So, this is it, my last moments as Space Knight,' Noal thought. 'I'll never forget the time I passed the examinations. I was so excited to be part of a great team, a team whose leader really cared for his crew. If there is an after-life, I'll never forget the great people I've gotten to know as a Space Knight.'

"Open your eyes," Blade said sharply. "We'll die like men."

The beam was now fifty feet away from them… forty… now twenty… ten…

"What!" Dagger blurted as a figure instantly appeared in front of the men.

"Haa!!" the newcomer roared as he released a bluish-white energy beam from his hands. His blast swallowed up the Vol-Tekker beam and made its way towards Spear. But the orange Tekkaman flooded in fright and leapt out of the white beam's path, letting it fly off into space behind him. Everybody turned to look at this mysterious man dressed in a beige space suit, enveloped by a strange yellow-golden glow.

"Who the hell are you?" Dagger demanded, gritting his teeth underneath his armor

"My name is Vegita. And you, along with your friend up there, are Tekkamen, right?"

"Yes, we are Tekkamen. What's that to you?" barked Dagger.

"Everything," Vegita responded, tightening his fist. "You know, my father died because of you Radam. Millions of people below died because of you."

"Gee, I wonder why," Dagger taunted. "With all the destruction we caused, it might be the case that we want to conquer the planet, or did that not occur to you?"

"So, now you insult my intelligence," Vegita replied, and he lunged towards unsuspecting warrior.

"What are you doing?" Dagger demanded as he lashed out a punch, only to gasp in shock. Vegita grabbed Dagger's arm with his left and created a tight, aura-charged fist with his right hand. In a moment of fury, he used a hammer-strike and slammed his fist down upon the joint between Dagger's forearm and bicep. The Radam shrieked in pain as his attacker's fist completely severed the joint, from which blood now gushed out. Vegita backed away, grinning evilly as he held Dagger's right forearm in his left hand. Spear looked on with intense fear, and he refused to move. The three men tied up looked on in amazement.

"You little bastard!" Dagger howled as he stepped back. "My arm!"

"Don't worry, I won't stop there," Vegita smirked. Tossing the piece of the arm aside, Vegita charged Dagger and delivered a sweep kick to his legs. The Radam fell on his back, only to see the young man grab his right leg. With a strong, sharp knife-hand strike, Vegita sliced Dagger's right femur in half.

Dagger shrieked in pain, and Vegita looked at his work in satisfaction. He could see the upper half of Dagger's femur protruding out through the wound, and more of the Tekkaman's blood spilled out. Vegita shot light blasts at the two wounded areas on his enemy's body, cauterizing them completely.

"I should be ashamed, right?" taunted Vegita. "For hurting the pathetic little shit you are."

"But before I finish you off for good, I want you to look at something over there," Vegita said as he picked up Dagger and turned his head towards the bugger hive. "That hive's precious to you, isn't it? It houses all those beasts that rain down upon our cities, right? They're your main attack force, aren't they?"

"What… what are you going to do?" Dagger gasped, struggling through the agony.

Vegita only smirked, turning his head towards the cocoon. "Goku, NOW!"

"Ka…" a voice echoed loudly in the distance.

"Where… is that coming from?" demanded Dagger. "Spear, do something!"

Spear had no such plans; there was no way he was ready to fight these people. He just watched.

"Me…"

"Spear, stop whoever is doing that!" ordered Dagger, but Spear had no intention of finding out whoever that was. After witnessing what happened to his injured comrade, he was scared for his life.

"Ha… Me…" the voice continued, and soon a bright aura was seen in the distance.

Vegita chuckled as he said, "Now, watch the fireworks."

"HA!" Goku yelled from behind the hive, releasing the lethal bluish-white beam from his outstretched palms. The young man was pushed back, surprised by the force of his own blast.

"No!" Dagger roared as he saw the beam cut into the hive. The beam started to expand wider and wider until it enveloped the entire mass. He could hear the buggers screaming in pain as they were baked alive by the attack; the bluish Tekkaman seethed in anger, for his pets were being mercilessly terminated. Within seconds, the power of the beam suddenly intensified, and the hive exploded in a huge fireball. Every single bugger in it had been completely annihilated. Dagger cried in both pain and sorrow.

"I wanted that to be your last vision," Vegita said, extending his palm towards Dagger's belly. The Tekkaman's eyes bulged as he saw a golden blast burst forth from his attacker's palm. Vegita smiled as he heard Dagger cry in pain from the hole the young Saiya-jin was tearing through his abdominal region.

"Die, you fucking Radam!" Vegita growled before ending his attack. The entire scene remained silent; the only noise was the sound of Dagger gasping for air. As he lay dying on the ground, his armor slowly faded away, revealing the body of a human man lying on the landing strip. His injuries showed, and he underwent spasms as his body struggled to hold on to life. Vegita's face paled; he had not expected this.

"Help me… I'm dying. You can't… leave me here," the man choked. "I'm hurting… badly."

"Who are you?" Vegita demanded. "I thought you are a Tekkaman."

"No, I'm human. Fritz… Fritz von Braun," the man gasped as Blade's eyes widened. Blade crawled himself towards the dying man, and Vegita cut the cord tying the man's hands together.

"Fritz?" Blade called out as he flew over to the fallen man. "Is that the real you?"

Vegita turned to Blade and asked quizzically, "You know this man?"

"B… Blade," Fritz gasped as he saw Blade kneel beside him. "The Radam… they got us all… you must… you must save the Earth…"

"What do you mean, save the Earth?" Vegita demanded angrily. "You caused its destruction."

"No… the Ra… Radam did. I was just… their… their slave," Fritz managed to answer.

"Fritz, who's behind all this?" asked Blade. "Who's leading the Radam, and where is he?"

"His name is Omega… Blade, save… the Earth… please… don't give up… do it… for all of us…" the man whispered before his eyes shut.

"Fritz!" Blade pleaded, shaking the human. "Stay with me! Stay with me!"

It was to no avail, for the man could not hear him. He had breathed his last, and his spirit was finally liberated as it left its body. Fritz von Braun was free, at last, from the bondage of the Radam. Tears gathered around Blade's eyes as he stared at the lifeless body, and Vegita lowered his eyes, feeling guilt.

'I've just killed one of us,' Vegita thought in sadness. 'He was a human. He was one of us.'

Vegita looked up to find Spear, but he was nowhere to be seen, or felt. Goku flew down beside them, silently observing the scene. Noal and Balzac, freed by Goku, also walked towards the knelt men.

"Come on," Goku said. "We can't stay out here much longer. We have to get back to Earth."

"No, we can't," replied Noal in a heavy voice. "We have to disable those lasers before they fire again. Balzac and I will have to go inside the Ring and disable them."

"Ok, I'll cover your back," said Goku. "Vegita, can you stay outside and watch?"

Vegita and Blade nodded in agreement, and the other three entered the Ring.

On the way over to the central computer, Noal filled Goku in as much as he knew about the destruction the Radam were causing. He also told him as much as he knew about Blade. They opened the hatch to the computer room and witnessed the huge alien blob mass that had connected itself to the panels.

"I'll take care of that," said Goku confidently. "You do what you have to do."

"Roger that," replied Noal, while he and Balzac worked at the main terminal in order to deactivate the lasers. Goku distracted them for a moment as he transformed into a Super Saiya-jin.

"How did you do that?" demanded Balzac, stunned by what he had just seen.

"Magic," replied Goku before picking up the mass and carrying it outside. With a heave, he threw it into space and vaporized it with an energy beam. Balzac and Noal finished disabling the lasers after that.

In the meanwhile, Blade and Vegita carried Fritz's body carefully into the Blue Earth, laying his body in a storage compartment and shrouding him with a cloth. Blade then walked over to Aki and tended to her while Vegita rested in a seat, watching silently for a short while.

"Is she okay?" asked Vegita.

"We won't know until we get her back to Earth," he said cautiously. A brief silence followed.

"Sorry, I didn't get your name," said Vegita, extending his hand.

"My name is Blade," he replied, shaking it.

"I see," replied the Saiya-jin, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry. What's your name again?"

"Vegita. Briefs Vegita."

"How did you get that awesome power? What was that yellow glow around you?"

"I'm a fighter, a student of martial arts. I got my power through that."

"I've also done a fair bit of martial arts, but I've never seen anybody do that."

"You see, I'm a Sai… uh, I'm the same as everybody else, except I've been through a lot of training," came the careful reply.

"Strange, my old karate master had trained for over thirty years, but even today, he can't do even a fraction of what you did. Besides, how old are you?"

"Twenty, and yourself?"

"Same," replied Blade, and another brief silence followed.

"I find it a little strange that your name is Blade. I don't think I know any parents that would name their child that."

"I don't know how many parents would name their child Vegita either," came the reply.

"Hmm," said Vegita as he nodded in agreement. "So, is this young woman your girlfriend?"

"No," Blade replied quickly at the question, turning to look at her face. "I only met her recently."

"Oh, ok," Vegita replied, smirking thinly.

"What's so funny?" Blade asked, turning towards him.

"Nothing, really. Goku is really my best friend. I'd just remembered how I made him admit his feelings of love for my twin sister, Alena. You've got the same look in your eyes as he did then."

"Well, I'm certainly not in love with Aki," said Blade defensively.

"Don't worry, I'm not implying that you are," Vegita smiled, raising his head and looking at the ceiling above him. "I'm just basking in memories, that's all."

"Is your sister back down there on Earth?"

"I wish I knew," the young Saiya-jin man sighed. "She's missing, and we haven't found her yet."

"I'm sorry to hear…"

"No, it's okay… Alena is a tough girl. She must have survived the attack… she must have."

"I'm sure she did," Blade tried to console him. "You're strong; you'll be able to protect the Earth from now on. I'm useless now."

"Why is that?" came the curious reply

"I am, or rather was, a Tekkaman. I fought for the Earth. Moments before you showed up, Dagger crushed my crystal into pieces; I'll never be able to transform again into a Tekkaman," he sighed.

"So I guess this belongs to you," Vegita stated as he reached into his pocket and pulled out Blade's crystal shards. Blade stared at Vegita speechlessly. "I found them floating around near the ring; the gravity must have kept them close. I thought that it was the same stuff Dagger tossed away, so I figured those pieces might have been of some importance."

Blade, stunned, reached out and took the crystal pieces from Vegita. Both were soon distracted.

"We're done, mission accomplished," Noal's voice came in through the radio.

"Finished already?" Blade asked over his end of the radio.

"Yeah, the computers themselves weren't too hard to crack through. There was a huge alien mass controlling them, but our new friend Goku over here took care of it rather fast," Noal explained.

Blade soon opened the hatch to the Blue Earth, and the three climbed aboard.

"We're gonna have a little trouble taking off without functioning wheels," said Noal, noticing the warning message displayed on his control panel.

"Don't worry, we'll help you out," replied Goku. "We'll give you the boost you need."

Upon exiting the craft, the two friends turned Super Saiya-jin. While lifting the craft into space, the Blue Earth's thrusters kicked in, and the two boys returned to the interior of the ship. Noal gave them a ride to the Space Knight Command Center, for Chief Freeman had wanted to have a word with them.