Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com
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DragonTek (Part V: The Destiny Saga)
Chapter 55 - Incursion
"Now, you will feel the full strength of my army!" Bezel rasped, glaring at the warriors standing agape. One hundred Radam Tekkamen fighters had burst from their formation and were charging forward. The roar of their fierce battle cry sent chills down Saki's spine, for the onslaught they were to bring would be one of mindless ferocity. Vegita watched with big eyes as he witnessed the array of weapons the armored attackers possessed; some had knives, and others had items that could be used as projectiles. One thing was clear – they were a pride of hungry lions that had been anxiously waiting for their next hunt.
'Can they even be reasoned with?' Blade thought. 'Or would they all have to be destroyed?'
"Do what I do," Vegita said, turning the right side of his body towards the approaching enemies, extending his palm towards the Tekkamen. Goku, Alena, and Kenshin simply followed suit, recognizing the technique instantly. The four stood next to one another in a line, waiting for the enemy to reach…
"I won't let you Saiya-jin ruin this for me!" Plague grumbled, charging at the four. Yet, he was stopped as a warrior hindered his way. Blade pointed his lance at Bezel, challenging him to press further.
'Why does he give off Alena's aura?' Bezel thought, puzzled.
"You won't touch them," Blade said, causing Bezel to charge forward. He converted his weapon into a battle-axe and swung hard, but Blade raised his lance horizontally like a bo, blocking the axe by striking it just behind its head. Infuriated, Plague drove his foot into Blade's midsection, and Takaya staggered back. The evil Tekkamen warriors were only fifteen hundred feet away now, still closing in.
"Come to your deaths," Kenshin said, charging up for the blast. Now they were only five hundred feet away… four hundred feet… three hundred feet…
"NOW!" Vegita yelled. Bezel stopped in horror as the Saiya-jin released four simultaneous Big Bang Attacks. The blasts headed in parallel directions and knocked violently into the targets, pushing them back and incinerating them with a massive explosion. The enemies' screams of agony were heard well.
"WHAT?" Bezel blurted, stunned. Not one of the first batch of warriors had survived – most were vaporized, the remaining disfigured carcasses floated away into space. Even Takaya was shocked; one hundred Tekkamen had just been killed in a matter of seconds. Such was the power of the Super Saiya-jin.
"Too easy, Bezel," Kenshin muttered. "This was your trump card? They were your last hope?"
"Don't be too proud of yourself," Bezel shot back with a glint in his eye. "What you just did is nothing. You only destroyed one hundred Tekkamen from the first garrison."
"First garrison?" Blade asked, gripping the center of his lance. "What are you talking about?"
"These thousand warriors are classified into graduated levels – one through seven. One is the weakest, and seven is the strongest. The G1, or Garrison 1, unit consists of four hundred warriors, although you've just reduced it to three hundred. G2 is three hundred, G3 is two hundred, G4 is fifty," Bezel said. "But the real power lies in the last three – G5 is twenty five, G6 is twenty, and G7, the strongest, comprises of five warriors. You've managed to destroy the weakest, and their brethren are ready to hunt you down."
"Only a thousand?" Kenshin said. "I thought you conquered whole systems. Where are the rest?"
"Stupid, Omega cannot carry all the converted warriors wherever he goes," Bezel replied in an insulting tone. "These thousand represent his strongest ones. The ones who don't come with him remain on their own planets, battling each other to death until their world becomes a wasteland."
"You don't even take care of all those innocent lives you convert," Blade whispered disgustedly.
"That's right, and that's the way we work," Plague smirked. "When Omega converts a planet's inhabitants, he instructs them to war with one other. Observing the battles, he quickly picks out the strong. Then these ones battle his existing thousand-man army, and the thousand who survive accompany him."
"And the ones remaining behind fight with one another?"
"Precisely. They are confused without his guidance. But we take them when we need reserves."
"There must be hundreds – no, thousands of those planets," Miyuki gasped.
"And this one will be joining them soon," Bezel chuckled. "That is, after you Saiya-jin are dead."
"After what we just did," Kenshin spat. "What makes you think you're going to kill us now?"
"Why don't you take a look behind you, boy? Your cousins have run out of energy and stamina."
What Plague said was entirely correct – Goku, Vegita, and Alena were crouched, breathing hard.
"What the hell?" Kenshin asked, gliding towards them. Goku turned towards him and explained.
"We were already close to depletion, and the Big Bang sapped the rest. We can't stop them now."
"You see, boy?" Bezel guffawed, pointing at the three. "You'll have to fight all alone now."
Kenshin cursed under his breath, gripping Akoutari and drawing it from its scabbard.
"My pets," Bezel ordered his warriors. "Now attack, spread over the planet, and show no mercy."
Each of the remaining nine hundred warriors flashed their red eyes before viciously charging.
Dozens of Space Knight personnel hid in the bushes. However, they slowly emerged and walked towards Shinjo and Aki, standing in the clearing. Some had witnessed first-hand the battle that had taken place with Shinjo and Plague. However, Bezel had escaped, leaving them. Levin and Honda also emerged.
"Your orders, Chief," Levin said, his face ashen. He was literally scared for her life. He thought that the nightmare that had happened to the original command center would repeat itself in this hidden one.
"Shinjo-niisan, will he be back?" Aki asked, and he paused for a moment.
"I don't feel his presence anywhere near here," he replied, opening his eyes.
"Good," she said, facing the personnel. "Return to the facility. It's our best bet to arm ourselves properly in there just in case another strike occurs. We have to defend our base to the last man, or woman."
"But, Chief," Honda protested. "Wouldn't we be trapping ourselves inside?"
"Would you rather hide out here with no protection whatsoever?" Aki replied, hoping that she was making a wise decision. "You'll be exposed, sitting ducks out here. No, you'll be much safer back inside."
"Will you really be that much safer?" a soft voice chuckled as its owner remained hidden in the bushes. 'With her brother there, I can't make my move. But I'll get you, Aki… I'll get you soon enough….'
"And you just stood there doing nothing as Spear died? And then you left to report this to me?"
"Yes, Lord Omega," Saber replied, looking down at the ground. "You said that we should tell…"
"You are a fool!" Omega barked. "Such a great power has been bestowed upon you, and you have accomplished nothing with it! Instead of killing Blade, you ran away to let me know of Spear's defeat!"
"My Lord…" came the surprised reply.
"Saber, you have achieved almost nothing for me and Radam! Even my armada has arrived! I didn't wish to bring them here, but Bezel did so because he wasn't fully confident in your abilities, Saber."
"No, I can be trusted," Shinya protested, clenching his fist. "I will prove myself to you."
"Then go now, and don't come back unless you have good news to report," Omega grumbled, narrowing his eyes at Saber. However, he was surprised as Saber refused to move. "I told you to go!"
"Lord Omega," Saber started, pausing. "If I may say so, you are not doing much either."
"I pray you did not imply that I was being useless."
"With all due respect, my liege," Saber replied. "Perhaps if you fought…"
"Enough! You have the audacity to insult me and then tell me what to do? I could kill you for it!"
"Can you really?" Saber asked, slowly getting up and flashing his eyes. "I've been given a power that is unfathomable. You can't defeat me, Omega. But I'll go and defeat my brother out of my pure will!"
Omega remained silent, only for his seething tones to turn into soft chuckling.
"Saber, do not underestimate my strength," Omega replied. "Don't force me to use it on you."
"Use it, Omega," Saber replied, returning a grin. "It won't work on me."
Omega smiled evilly as Saber flew out of the moon base.
'I have to protect them and the Blue Earth,' thought Kenshin, crouching in a stance as the Radam approached. 'With so many of them, there is no question of saving them, is there? Should I even try? So many people from captured races are hidden under those armor prisons. Is it my duty to free them too?'
Goku cursed as they arrived, and they covered their faces as dozens of armored warriors whizzed above their heads, heading for the surface of Earth and its many cities. Turning, Goku noticed several dead Radam bodies floating around Kenshin, who hovered a dozen meters away, taking out as many as he could.
"What are you standing around for?" Kenshin yelled. "Noal, take them to the Sky Palace to heal!"
"Sky Palace?" the blond pilot asked quizzically. "Where in the world is…"
"We can show you the way," Vegita muttered, standing up weakly as he continued to catch his breath. He looked up to see a Tekkaman dive down towards him from above, but before he could blink, Kenshin had driven his sword directly through the back of the attacker's head. The sharp end of Akoutari protruded out from its face, and it let out one last scream of agony before the boy tore it out of his skull.
"Stop waiting! Get out of here now!" Kenshin yelled, seeing more Tekkaman gang up on him.
"Kenshin!" Miyuki yelled as she stepped forward, but a hand touched her shoulder.
"He'll be okay," Goku said as his comrades climbed aboard the Blue Earth. "Don't worry."
"You won't escape!" Bezel yelled as he lunged for the ship, but Blade again stood in his path.
"Get out of my way!" Plague barked as he swung his axe, but Blade jumped and pierced Bezel's chest plate with his lance. Plague swung upwards, aiming to strike Blade between the legs, but Takaya dodged and was only nicked on the femur. The Blue Earth soon lifted and turned its nose towards Earth.
"Miyuki, what are you doing here?" Blade blurted as he saw her tremble. Bezel attacked again.
"I can't leave you and Kenshin behind…" she protested, gripping her crystal tightly.
"You have to protect the Blue Earth!" Blade yelled, and Miyuki stepped back. "GO NOW!"
"O… okay," she nodded, her throat tight as she transformed into Rapier, with red-white armor adorning her skin once again. Miyuki stepped on top of the Blue Earth while holding her small weapon in her hand, ready to defend it. She looked longingly at Kenshin, and she turned her head towards her brother.
'Come back to me, both of you…' she thought as the Blue Earth took off. Bezel tried to brush past Blade, but he wouldn't let him. Meanwhile, a large cluster of Tekkamen had been attempting to destroy the sword-wielding youth. Kenshin showed no mercy during his fight; there was no reason to do so. He had saved Alena by using Sokushi Zanzou with the dull edge of his sword; however, that move had blown off her armor. If he did that here, the lack of armor would cause them to explode from the lack of pressure.
No communication took place between Kenshin and the Radam. They did not speak the same language, and they could not understand each other. However, the Tekkamen could communicate amongst themselves, and they were fully aware that they were being slaughtered. Bezel watched in anger, feeling his minions die one by one. They let out piercing screams as the boy cleaved them to death by the dozen.
'He's killing G4 Tekkamen,' Bezel thought. 'But I have to get out of here at all costs and prevent those Saiya-jin bastards from recovering. I need a distraction… and oh… a perfect one has just arrived…'
"Argh!" Blade yelled as something knocked hard into his backside, making him fly past Plague and crash into a wall. Turning, Takaya saw the source of the attack – a red-black Tekkaman who chuckled.
"Shinya," Blade whispered, climbing out of the rubble. As Saber stepped towards him, Bezel flew and headed in the direction of the Blue Earth. Blade rushed to follow Plague, but Saber blocked his path.
"You sorry human," Saber sneered, facing his twin brother. "You just don't know when to quit."
"Don't make me laugh," returned Blade. "You and I both know…"
"… That when I kill you, brother, I will kill our sister!" Shinya said before charging in. Pointing his lance, he thrust for his brother's face, only to see Blade dodge and smash his body into his own. Saber went flying backwards, crashing through another wall, and Blade breathed heavily, regaining his balance.
In the meantime, Kenshin sliced through all but one warrior, who had refrained from interfering.
Eyeing the boy, it snickered and gripped its own weapon, seeing its comrades floating lifelessly.
"You're good, kid," the warrior spoke, surprising Kenshin. "But none of them were G7."
"How can you speak our language?" he demanded, wondering about its identity.
"Adaptation, young one," it replied, pausing before bringing its weapon upon the youth.
"Oh great," Noal muttered as he saw it standing in the distance, waiting for them.
"Continue to the Sky Palace," Miyuki's voice came in. "I will stall him in the meantime."
"You sure you can do it in your condition?" Saki asked, concerned. 'She's not the strong type.'
"Do you have any other option?" came the reply, and nobody responded. "Good, so it's settled."
The Radam Tekkaman chuckled as the Blue Earth approached, with the pink-white Tekkaman standing atop it. Firing his backside thrusters, the Radam charged the ship, but Noal quickly diverted out of the flight path at the last moment – a trick he often used to shake off his enemies. It was a good maneuver, for he had dove downwards, allowing Rapier to attack her opponent head on. The Blue Earth flew away.
'Miyuki, I really want to help you,' Noal thought, swallowing hard. 'But just hang on for a while.'
Miyuki and the mysterious Tekkaman squared off as the Blue Earth raced into the distance. The Radam smiled under his mask, and he could feel the power emanating from her – rather, her lack of power.
"Don't worry, Miyuki, I'm sure Takaya and Kenshin will be fine," he purred condescendingly.
"What!" she whispered, shocked. 'How did he know that? How could he figure that out?'
"How could I know that? How could I figure that out?" the Tekkaman repeated mockingly.
"Impossible," she said, hovering in front of her attacker. 'He reads minds…'
"Yes," he laughed. "You must feel so dumb. I can pluck your deepest, darkest secrets from you."
"Who are you?" she demanded. 'And how do you understand my language?'
"I am Tekkaman Psychos," he replied, gripping his weapon – a long chain-like whip, energized with Radam energy. "G6 level Tekkaman, unlike your lowly person."
"I'm not weak," Miyuki said defensively. 'Yes, I am weak. My whole body always feels weak.'
"Must be that fail-safe system getting to you, no?" Psychos continued as he began to whirl his whip in circles. "If you would like to know how strong you are, I would estimate that you are a G2."
"Would you hit a female Tekkaman?" her voice wavered as she gripped her short sword tightly.
"I always do… In fact, I prefer it."
Before she could react, Psychos lashed out his whip, wrapping it around Miyuki's leg. She bent down to cut it, but the Radam tugged her hard. Rapier went sailing straight towards him; just as they were about to collide, he quickly lowered, allowing her to fly over his head as the whip traveled behind him.
'I have to slow down!' she thought, trying to activate the thrusters on her backside.
"No, you don't," Psychos replied, chuckling. "I always like taking my women fast."
Psychos strongly snapped the whip upwards, causing Miyuki to fly clockwise. With added thrust, he increased the momentum on the swing, and Miyuki, still tied to the whip, helplessly crashed into the rocky surface below with an agonized cry of pain. Her body trembled, and her damaged left arm throbbed.
'Please help me…' she begged, weakening as the fail-safe system kicked in again. '… Brother…'
"Sure," Psychos chuckled, tugging the whip and pulling her towards him. "I'll make sure your brother comes for you. In fact, that's what I intended to do all along."
"Shinya, there is still time for you to turn… Argh!" Blade cursed as he was plowed through a section of the Orbital Ring. He plummeted downwards, and Saber appeared behind him, kneeing him hard in the back. Takaya cried out, turning just into time to block Saber's next attack. The two twins struggled as they pushed their weapons against each other. Blade knocked Saber away, causing him to stagger back.
"Leave the Radam and come with us," Blade pleaded. "We will love you, but they only use—"
"You repeatedly say this before any fight," Saber cut him off, flashing his eyes. "It sickens me to hear this garbage constantly invade my ears, especially when the words come from a turncoat."
"I lost my family to the Radam," Blade continued, hoping to see a change.
"And you will lose your life to them as well," came the sharp reply. Saber tried to attack, but Blade kicked him hard in the face. The evil Tekkaman roared as the force knocked him horizontally.
"You've lost," Blade said, planting his feet on Shinya's torso and pointing his lance to his neck.
"Oh, Takaya, how right you are," Saber replied grimly. 'What is it that drives you to save me, brother? Is it pity? That you think you're better, like you always thought you were? Then I don't need it!'
"Yes, brother," Saber continued, interrupting his thoughts. "Please free me from this burden…"
"Shinya…" Takaya whispered, his eyes narrowing.
"… This burden of hearing your disgraceful voice!" Saber growled. Within a second, Saber fired the red Voltekker blast from the cells implanted in his chest. The threads of crystal-red energy surrounded Blade, trapping him and smashing into his armor. Takaya yelled in anguish and was smashed backwards.
"SHINYA!" Takaya roared, trying to shake off the energy that surrounded him and tore into his armor. Saber laughed out loud as he ceased his attack; this was the first time he had used a Voltekker with Super Saiya-jin energy. It certainly worked, for Blade was feeling true pain.
"How does it feel, brother?" Shinya said, flying up towards him. Takaya breathed heavily as he helplessly lay prostrate, floating through space. Saber looked down at him and shook with delight.
"Shinya…" Blade whispered. 'Damn, I was caught so off guard!'
"That's right, brother," came the deep-pitched response. "I want to hear you beg for mercy."
'Don't tell me I'm lost!' Bezel cursed as he hovered in the China airspace. 'Where did they go…?'
"G7 Tekkaman?" Kenshin squinted. 'He can't be that strong, can he? He isn't giving off chi, and his armor looks ordinary. Maybe that's why he's so deadly – his power is secret. Or he could be bluffing.'
"Have you ever been up against one before, boy?" it said, revealing its weapon. Kenshin studied it quizzically – although it was a sword of some sort, it didn't have the metallic shine characteristic of them.
'Perhaps I'm just being paranoid,' the boy thought. 'Perhaps… What?'
Kenshin gasped as he felt himself being drawn straight towards the warrior. Maintaining his grip on Akoutari, he struggled to break free of this "tractor beam", but he could not escape it, no matter how hard he tried. Then the realization hit him – he wasn't being attracted to the warrior; rather, his katana was.
"Damn!" Kenshin cursed as he let go of Akoutari. The sword sprung from his hands and clanged onto the warrior's armor, sticking itself like an adhesive and refusing to detach. Kenshin staggered back.
"Your metal weapons will have no effect on me now," the warrior rasped, brandishing its obsidian blade. "By now you must guessed that I'm like a big magnet; I can attract anything metallic to my person!"
"You don't know how happy this makes me feel," Kenshin smirked.
"What's so funny, boy?" its voice quickly changed to one of irritation.
"That means… You're not really strong. You just rely on that one skill of yours, don't you?"
"Why don't you see for yourself?" the irate Radam warrior growled, slashing his sword. Kenshin remembered his fights with his father, who had continually told him to learn to fight without a blade. The boy now wished he had paid more attention to that advice. He ducked as the obsidian edge cut the empty space over his head. On the back swing, he let out a blast that knocked into the sword, cracking it severely.
"The only reason you're a G7," Kenshin spoke to the stunned Radam, "is due to the fact that you attract metals and nothing else. When the Tekkamen hold their bouts to determine the strongest thousand, your ability draws their bodies and weapons towards you, allowing you to kill them at a close range with your sword. But against non-metallic beings like me, you can't defend attacks from a distance. Right?"
'You're smart,' thought the Tekkaman before he used his power to regenerate his obsidian blade.
"General Dodge!" the lieutenant's voice blared over the speaker into the man's living quarters.
'God damn, what the hell now?' Dodge muttered in his mind. 'Just when I was about to take a…'
"What is it, Lieutenant?" the General asked, annoyed, waking from his nap. It had not been long since the purple Tekkaman had trashed his Sol Tekkaman units, and he had needed a rest to calm his mind.
"They're everywhere! They're attacking all over the world, sir! Tekkamen – hundreds of them!"
"Lieutenant, this is not the time for jokes and lies," Dodge muttered. 'Hundreds of them… Ha!'
"General, Major Dumas speaking here as well. They're attacking and even coming to our area."
"No…" Dodge whispered, shocked. 'I didn't become the leader of the Allied Military to face the same fate as Galt. I read about the destruction the original base, and there's no way I want to see it here.'
Dodge quickly burst out of his chambers and headed for the Bridge.
"Full scale alert!" Aki's voice boomed via the intercom, and Space Knight personnel soon armed themselves with laser rifles. Exactly four Tekkamen were headed directly their way. The entire place was a commotion; soldiers and personnel quickly said prayers as they sprinted towards their assigned locations. Rapidly setting themselves in place, they waited as the attackers appeared as specks of light in the distance.
Even Honda and Levin were joining the fight. Levin piloted the Green Earth, a modest tank that Honda had been working on for the past few days, to the base of the mountain, where he stayed concealed.
'Please, God, please be on our side today,' he prayed, keeping his fearful eyes open as the aliens approached. Sweating on his forehead, he turned to look at the soldier seated next to him and nodded.
"Everything will be fine, Levin," the other man said, trying to control his fear. "We will win."
"I hope so, Charles," Levin said, his eyes moist as he looked at his best friend.
"Aki, I'm ready," he said as a medic wrapped the last of the bandages on his back. Although he was nervous, he had much hope. Yet, he simply couldn't believe that more of the monsters were arriving.
"Shinjo, please be careful," Aki whispered, her eyes full of concern.
"Aren't I always?" he smirked, rubbing his fingers together into a fist. "I will protect you all."
The medic look surprised, for he had never seen Aki's expression so soft and scared before.
"Shinjo-niisan," Aki whispered as he stood up. "You left me alone fifteen years ago…"
The young man replied not with words but rather with a soft embrace.
"We won't be separated again," he smiled. Aki pulled away, turning her head towards the view screen in the Mission Room. Although there was still a large hole in the roof, she wasn't going to run.
"They're here," Shinjo grumbled. Within seconds, he burst towards an exit and flew outside.
Only seconds passed until the Tekkamen warriors swooped down on their Space Knight prey…