Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

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DragonTek (Part IV: The Justice Saga)

Chapter 50 - Rays of Mercy

"Got 'em!" the men cheered as their volleys of energy destroyed another spore plant, vaporizing the people sitting within the bulbs. Minutes later, the stalk of the plant turned black. Its thick branches wilted, and its trunk slumped to the ground. The soldiers in the ten Sol Tekkamen units let out a whoop.

"Another good showing, boys!" General Dodge's voice sounded over the transmitter. The men continued to cheer, but they were soon distracted upon noticing something approach from the distance. A purplish bolt headed rapidly for them, and they gasped in surprised fear as they saw it stop just before them.

"A Tekkaman!" cried a soldier as he trembled. The Tekkaman, possessing purple armored plates and red material for joints, towered above the men. It stood at ten feet, and its eyes glowed menacingly. The soldiers sweated, for they had gone out only to test the units. They were not ready for combat at all.

"Boys, show 'em what you can do!" Dodge said. Back in his base, he watched the view screen with mixed emotions with other officers. This would be the time to show what the units could really do.

"Harming my plants, and the pets inside of them, was your dire mistake," Plague grumbled as he reached into his black cape. Bezel pulled out a thin metal rod of about four feet in length and brandished it.

"Is that your weapon?" a soldier asked incredulously, and his compatriots began to chuckle. He didn't feel so nervous anymore, and he aimed the gun mounted on his arm. His friends followed suit, and they each released a blast simultaneously at the purple warrior. Dodge's chuckles quickly changed to a cry of surprise as he saw the smoke from the attack clear away. There stood the purple Tekkaman, completely unharmed. It only looked at the artificial units in front of it with scorn, and it merely growled in response.

'We are all going to die,' another soldier thought as he saw the enemy Tekkaman shake the rod in his hand. Before their very eyes, it activated and transformed into a large scythe. The pole of the scythe stood at four feet, but its large razor sharp head filled terror into the units. One of the soldiers backed away and began to escape, but he cried in terror as he saw the purple Tekkaman disappear before his eyes.

"You are the first to run," Plague said, appearing before him. "So naturally, you'll be first to die."

The man let out a cry of terror and raised his gun, but before he could fire, Bezel drove the head of the scythe through the soldier's chest, fully penetrating the armor. The man roared as he was gutted open.

His compatriots froze in absolute terror, watching their man die. Plague turned towards them.

"Please tell me where your base is located," Plague requested softly, waving his scythe. "If you don't, each of you will share one more thing in common with your fallen friend here – your termination."

… With those words, Saber brought his lance down violently upon Goku…

'What!' Saber thought as the scarlet bolt jetted towards him. Looking down, he realized that a lance had blocked his own, preventing it from entering Goku's skull. Looking up, Goku realized that the lance that had saved him lay horizontally, only two inches above his head, and a Tekkaman of familiar stature was holding it. He had seen her form only twice, but it was enough to burn in his memory forever.

"Alena!" Goku blurted. She jabbed her lance upwards, forcing Saber to stagger backwards.

"So, you've become a traitor to Radam as well?" Shinya scowled, brandishing his lance.

"No, I would never dream of betraying us, regardless… But I won't allow you to hurt my Goku!"

"Your Goku?" Saber laughed incredulously. "You have feelings for this thing lying there? Why not have me instead? Look at my power now. The two of them could not resist me. They are so weak!"

"Stupid," she spat. "You only stole Goku's power. It disgusts me that you take pride in that!"

"So, you still won't give me a chance, Alena? Even after all we've been through? All our dates?"

"You really know how to irritate a woman," Blood replied as she stepped towards him. "I went on one date with you because I was bored. I never had any sort of feelings for you. My love will always stand with Son Goku. I should have killed you the first time your sorry self tried to hit on me."

"Alena," Goku said weakly, but happily. "Thank you…"

"Even though I saved you, I'm still Radam," Alena barked in response. "Don't ever forget that."

"Saving him is a sign of betraying our family," Saber said, charging for her. She lunged towards him, and their lances clashed. Alena struggled with Saber, but his strength matched hers as he shoved her back into a wall. Alena soon dropped to her knees and thrust her lance at his legs, but Saber blocked it.

'Damn, he's much faster than I thought!' she thought, parrying his swipe. Both Goku and Vegita watched the battle in shock, for they were completely surprised by Saber's ability to fight evenly with her.

"Goku," Vegita whispered, crawling to his friend's side. "Let's get out of here while they're both distracted. I'll take my revenge on Alena later."

"Revenge on Alena?" said Goku, surprised.

"That witch killed my mother, and she must have killed your grandmother Pan as well," Vegita whispered angrily. Clenching his fist, he continued. "When I get my strength back, I'll destroy her."

"Obaasan…" Goku whispered to himself as his throat tightened. He looked towards Alena and saw her fighting – fighting in order to save him. "Blood killed them, not Alena… it's not her fault…"

"DIE!" Saber yelled as he wildly swung his lance at her. Blood disappeared from in front of him and reappeared behind him. She tried to drill her lance through his backside, but he turned around in time and blocked. Saber jabbed his lance to the side, forcing hers to fall to the ground, and he struck his weapon forward. Alena evaded to her left and rolled on the ground, picking up her lance prior to standing up again.

"Aren't you proud yet?" Saber gloated. "I did this to impress you… to show you my strength!"

"Shinya, you still are a weak bastard," she spat, lashing out again. Vegita turned to Goku, soon noticing something lying on the floor nearby. It looked like a small dome-shaped object resting near a small pile of rubble that had fallen from the wall. Vegita looked at it with curiosity and gestured towards it.

"Hey, Goku," he started. "I've seen that thing before."

"Hm?" Goku turned to his right side and looked behind him. It did indeed look very familiar; he picked it up and brought it closer to his face for closer examination, and his eyes widened with realization.

"Giru? What's he doing here?" Goku wondered. Given the battle transpiring several feet in front of his head, the young man wisely chose not to activate the chirpy robot. Goku grimaced as he heard a loud noise; Blood had fired a chi blast that had knocked Saber against the ceiling, causing him to completely crush and destroy any Tekka-pods hanging from the top of the chamber. Saber growled, and Blood smiled.

'I have to lead him away from here… away from Goku,' she thought, making her way to the exit.

"Running away so soon?" Saber barked as he swooped down towards her. Alena quickly fired the thrusters on her back and burst out of the moon base. Saber quickly followed suit, giving good chase. Just as Goku and Vegita got to their feet, they felt Spear grab them both with his arms.

"You're coming with me," Spear said as he wrapped them around his arms and flew towards the exit. "If my brother wins that battle, I want to be there to see it, and so should you."

"Hey man, we can't breathe in space!" Vegita barked. "We'll explode by the lack of pressure!"

"Protect yourselves, then," Spear replied hastily. "They've now started to head towards Earth. I'll be able to follow them fast enough, so you'll have to take care of yourselves 'till we reach the atmosphere."

"I'll take him with me," said Mieko, now transformed back into Shuriken, as she grabbed Goku. She covered him carefully with her body and arms to shield him from the lack of pressure from space. He would only have to hold his breath for the time it would take to travel. Spear held Vegita in the same way.

Thus, Spear and Shuriken, each holding Vegita and Goku, respectively, followed Blood and Saber towards the Earth. They made out that they were heading to Japan, the land of their birth. Mieko winced.

'What a suitable choice they made to fight in our homeland,' Spear thought as he flew side by side with Shuriken. The two Saiya-jin boys, protected by their careful handling, noticed the ten bugger hives as they passed by. The hives were grouped in three clusters, with two clusters containing four pods each and one cluster of two pods. Ten million buggers collectively resided them, and it would mean utter chaos for Earth if they all were to reach the surface. Spear felt Vegita squirm a bit as the boy tried to get his hands near his face. Goku observed this and followed suit, knowing exactly what Vegita had planned to do.

"Now!" they both yelled in unison, and Spear and Shuriken turned to look behind them. Seeing nothing special, they shrugged and resumed course. Goku and Vegita both chuckled as large flames soon appeared and began to burn into the two large clusters. As Spear and Shuriken got closer to the Earth, they heard the shrieks of buggers melting in pain, and they turned around and paused in horror at the sight.

"What the devil happened?" Spear asked in disbelief. 'I didn't see these two do anything. Could it be that the Earth's atmosphere is burning the buggers? It didn't happen before.'

"Let's not waste time, Kengo," Shuriken replied, turning back around. "Or we might lose them."

Spear nodded and obliged, following the two red bolts that clashed ahead. They raced for Japan.

What had the two Saiya-jin boys done? They had used the technique called the "Great Sun Blast." Vegita had realized that the sun's radiation pervaded the empty space around them. He knew that the Earth received only a small fraction of the sun's emitted energy, so that meant that much of the remainder of that energy floated through the empty space of the solar system. The technique allowed the two to concentrate that free-floating energy, from hundreds of miles surrounding them, into two giant fireballs that appeared behind the clusters. Since they appeared behind the clusters, Spear and Shuriken had not noticed the attack.

The two Saiya-jin boys gave each other a subtle thumbs-up, for they had succeeded in completely destroying eight of the ten hives. Only two hives remained, thereby reducing the Radam's second invasion force by eighty percent. That was not all they had done, however. When they had performed it, they had absorbed some of the sun's energy into their own bodies, bringing themselves up to a fifth of their full strength. Taking in any more energy would have backfired and would have resulted in the boys burning themselves. They winced as soon as Spear and Shuriken entered the Earth's atmosphere.

"Alena…" Kenshin whispered, gripping the hilt of Akoutari. "She's coming closer…"

"Yes, but she's not headed directly for here," Shinjo replied as he removed something from his pocket and put his hand on Kenshin's shoulder. "She's headed northwest of here, probably near Japan."

"Then I'm going," Kenshin said, turning. Shinjo peered into the boy's eyes and realized that he had never seen that look. It looked strong… but terrifying. "Our vendetta will end today. I promise…"

"Kenshin, what about the last time you fought?" Shinjo asked worriedly.

"I'm at full power now," the boy replied as he faced the direction of Blood's intended destination. He planned to outrun her and attack her head on. With his new technique and strength, there was no way he could lose. Shinjo wanted to stop him, but he knew it would be of no use.

"Take care, Shinjo," Kenshin said before blasting off into the sky.

"Sister," Shinjo said into the transmitter shortly thereafter. "Are you there?"

"I'm here, Shinjo," Aki said as Takaya and she raced into the Mission Room. The others: Miyuki, Saki, Noal, Levin, and Honda, were already there. Aki quickly composed herself, ready to hear his news.

"Tekkaman Blood has returned to Earth, and Kenshin has gone to fight again with her," Shinjo said quickly into the transmitter. "I'm pretty sure they're headed towards Japan, but I could be wrong. Anyway, I planted a homing beacon on the kid's shoulder, so you should be able to track him."

"He can't go by himself like that," Takaya said, looking directly at Shinjo. "I'll back him up."

"Me too," Miyuki said firmly with determination in her eyes. "I won't let Kenshin fight alone."

"That kid tried to save me once," Saki said, raising her clenched fist. "Time to return the favor."

"I guess we're going to have a party again," Noal shrugged. "I'll take you all on the Blue Earth."

"Then move out," Aki nodded at them, a look of resolve in her eyes. What Takaya had done for her several nights ago had filled her with hope and strength that only strengthened her. She, too, wanted to go to the area of battle, but as the only active leader, she had to stay and coordinate things from the base.

"… And good luck," Aki smiled.

"Why don't you die?" Saber yelled, swinging again at Blood after catching up with her. Blood parried and countered, knocking her opponent away a hundred feet. In the distance, she saw Spear and Mieko approaching, but she couldn't make out what they were carrying in their hands. Saber rushed for her again, but she released a chi blast that pushed him backwards again. Turning around, she headed for Japan, the place in which she was raised and where she would continue her battle.

"Please go faster, Noal," Miyuki requested respectfully. "We have to get there in time."

"I'll put her at full speed," Noal said, boosting more power into the engines. The rest of the crew had already strapped themselves in, and they were prepared. Noal began to sweat as he piloted the craft.

'Why did I agree to take them?' he thought. 'Going towards Blood is like committing suicide.'

Following Kenshin's signal, the Blue Earth flew over the sea towards Japan – their destination.

Looking out the window, Noal wondered what type of violence would lie ahead.

'Please don't do anything stupid, Kenshin,' Miyuki whispered, holding her hands together as if in prayer. 'You really scared me last time, and you almost lost your life for the revenge you wanted so badly. Please remember what Kami told you. Fight for justice, not vengeance. And stay alive… for your friends.'