Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

Disclaimer:
The title "DragonTek" is owned by the author.
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DragonTek (Part V: The Destiny Saga)

Chapter 66 - Retribution

The next morning…

"Wake up, Takaya," Kenshin said as he shook the slumbering young man on the shoulder. He opened his eyes groggily and looked at the boy standing next to his bed. Kenshin was beaming, for seeing Miyuki recover had lifted his hopes beyond boundaries, filling the emptiness there from his parents' death.

"Man, I don't… feel so good," Takaya grumbled, letting his head drop back onto the pillow.

"There's someone here you will want to see," the boy replied. "I guarantee it."

"Don't tell me you've found Aki," he said, his eyes snapping open. "AKI!"

"No," Kenshin said, his smile disappearing. "Unfortunately, we haven't found her, but…"

"But, what?" demanded Takaya, now completely awake. 'How did I fall asleep? Oh no, we wasted precious time. Shinjo and I could have invaded their ship. We could have done damage and—'

"But…" Kenshin cleared his throat. "There is somebody else here you do want to see."

"Miyuki," Takaya whispered, also remembering that she had been recovering in the pod yesterday.

"Exactly," Kenshin said, patting him on the shoulder. "Get ready as quickly as you can, because we're planning to surprise her with breakfast in bed. And boy, will she be surprised when she wakes up."

"I'll be right over," Takaya nodded, smiling before heading into the bathroom.

"Ok, now let's keep quiet," Kenshin whispered, rolling a tray of tasty food down the hall. The entire group – Goku, Vegita, Takaya, Alena, Saki, Shinjo, Noal, and of course, Kenshin – silently tiptoed down the corridor. They planned to "roll her out," meaning that they would bang very loudly on her door, hoping to startle her from her sleep and terrify her for several seconds. It was an old college tradition, and Goku had suggested it as a way to lighten the mood.

"Hey, my feet hurt," Shinjo whined, rubbing his eyes as he yawned. "Do we have to do this?"

"Yes!" Goku whispered loudly. "Now quiet!"

"Yeah, yeah," Shinjo muttered. 'First they knock me out. And now they make me get up so early just to give breakfast to some girl who's done nothing but constantly put our lives in jeopardy for her sake.'

"Ok, here we are," Kenshin whispered, stopping still in front of her door. The rest of the group, excluding Shinjo, tiptoed next to him and raised their fists to the metal door, smirking as they waited for the sign. Then, Goku nodded, and they banged repeatedly on the door while hollering at the top of heir lungs.

"YAAAA!" they yelled, knowing that the girl inside must have died from fright.

However, several moments passed, and she did not come to answer. They paused and snickered, guessing that she was hiding dearly under the covers. But they found it strange that she didn't even scream.

"Maybe she's a hard sleeper?" Vegita suggested, and he proceeded to bang on the door and holler again. The rest of the group joined him except for Shinjo, who stayed several meters away and covered his ears in order to drown out all their annoying noise. Again, they received no response.

"Why won't she come out?" Takaya frowned. "Miyuki, it's me! We only tried to roll you out!"

They all waited patiently, but again, there was no answer. They couldn't even hear any footsteps.

"Miyuki, open up!" Kenshin yelled at the top of his lungs. "It's okay to open the door!"

After hearing no response, they all became extremely concerned.

"This is the room where you brought her, isn't it?" Noal asked, scowling. Kenshin nodded.

"What the hell?" Takaya blurted, feeling his heart beating faster. Noal stepped forwards, pulling a ring of keys from his belt. He began to search for the right one, but he couldn't find it quickly enough.

"Forget about it," Goku said, punching the door near its handle. The lock easily broke, and the door swung wide open. The group ran inside and looked around, finding nothing but a small note.

"She's gone…" Kenshin whispered as Goku picked it up, and the boy felt his heart sink.

"Father always told us to protect ourselves from those that hurt us," she said to herself. Beneath her facemask, the shape of her crystal illuminated on her forehead, and her armored form glided along the contours of the Orbital Ring. Looking below, she saw its metallic projections whiz under her body, and she turned forward to see the hive-like mass, the Radam Outpost, covering several entire sections of the Ring.

'I've been searching, but he is here,' she thought angrily. 'I know it for sure… Shinya is here.'

Three hours ago, she had woken from her nightmare and had spent the next hour shivering in her bed. Thinking hard, she had decided to confront and end the horror before it could consume her soul again.

'You'll be sorry for what you did to me, you devil,' she seethed. Soon, she tore through the fleshy material of the Outpost and landed inside. The interior was dark, and the pink glow from the pods above offered the only luminance. Rapier heard only the gentle hum of the pods, waiting for her to step forward.

"I never thought you would be so bold, Miyuki," a deep voice chuckled, "to confront me."

"What you did to me yesterday was unforgivable," she responded. "It was atrocious."

"And you think what you say impacts me?" the voice responded, still cloaked by darkness.

"Come out and fight me, Shinya," she demanded, her voice firm. "I won't leave until you do."

"Well, now, that would be a problem, wouldn't it?" he chuckled. Miyuki gasped as she saw a pod ten meters in front of her suddenly glow bright pink. It pulsed with energy, and she saw the twisted shape inside its juicy body. Within seconds, a hand reached out, and she backed away upon seeing the evil form of her brother emerge. He continued to chuckle, and he flashed the visor on his facemask a scarlet color. She heard the thud of his soles stepping on the floor, and she saw the razor sharp spikes that jutted from his armored feet. Miyuki held her short sword tightly, for she was ready to strike him. Saber only smirked.

"I can't believe you are still upset about that," he said, his voice low. "I didn't even succeed."

"You almost violated your own sister," she whispered, feeling tears in her eyes. "You hurt…"

"I hurt… a traitor," he said, stepping forward, and fear began to take her as he approached. Within seconds, he generated his lance and held it tightly at its center. Rapier backed away several more steps.

"Remember, Miyuki, you came here to challenge me. You will die… because of your stupidity."

"Finishing you is not called stupid, Saber," she yelled, angry. "It's called justice."

"Is it justice when a weakling like you gets slaughtered by a deity like me?" he posed, causing her to gasp. "That's right, my sister. Be scared; be scared of what I have become. You are indeed stupid, for you have not even reached the Blastor stage. What led you to think that you could even touch me?"

"I don't want to touch you, Shinya," she rasped, aiming her sword at his throat. "I just want to…"

"… kill you," he finished, firing the thrusters on his back and slamming the side of his lance into her. Miyuki groaned as she was knocked backwards; before she could move, Saber appeared on top of her and smashed his fist into her midsection. She let out a cry, and the force of his blow knocked her back out into space. Saber appeared behind her and punched the underside of the head, taking off several chips of her armor. His attack caused her to somersault forwards, and she floated painfully in the vacuum of space.

"No," she whispered to herself. "There're no excuses. I'm a full Tekkaman now! I must win!"

"Maybe," he snorted. "But if this keeps up, you'll be a dead Tekkaman, just like Omega wanted."

Takaya, father always told us to protect ourselves, to protect those that hurt us…

I was hurt yesterday, oniisan. Hurt by him.

I won't be haunted anymore. I have to protect myself… Alone…

If I fail to protect myself, I will always watch you and be within your heart.

I love you, Takaya…

If I fail to protect myself, please tell Kenshin that he must be strong…

Tell him that I hope his life is full… That he finds peace in his mind…

That he finds love…

And tell him… that I'm sorry to leave him…

But I must go now, and protect myself…

So all I can say… is good-bye…

"So young…" Goku whispered upon reading the note, his hands numb. Takaya swallowed hard.

"Miyuki," he thought, his mind racing. "She's gone to fight Saber… No…"

"Takaya," Vegita said, stepping forward and putting a hand on the man's shoulder. Yet, Takaya shrugged it away. Vegita backed up upon seeing the ferociousness in his eyes; the man was about to erupt.

"He's going to kill her… he's going to kill her!" he yelled, racing for the Mission Room. They ran after him, but it was no use. Takaya sprinted down the hallway and turned, entering the room before them. The crystal shape on his forehead lit a bright green, and the blue, enhanced crystal appeared in his hand. The man clenched his jaw and turned his raging eyes upwards towards the hole in the wall.

"TEK-SETTER!" he shrieked as his body was swept away by a blue bolt. A frenzied Kenshin ran towards them and jumped for the hole to follow Blade, but a figure appeared in his path, blocking him.

"Vegita, get out of the way!" the boy yelled crazily, only to see his cousin turn Super Saiya-jin.

"I won't let you, Kenshin," came the firm reply, and his eyes bored into the boy's.

"Miyuki… I have to help her!" he hollered, deciding that if Vegita didn't let him pass, he would force his way out. Kenshin yelled as he was about to smash into Vegita, but the older Saiya-jin tightened his fist and nailed the boy square in the face. Vegita then appeared next to his side and delivered an elbow strike to his belly, and the boy crashed to the floor. Vegita landed next to him and crossed his arms.

"Vegita, you bastard!" Kenshin barked, pushing himself up. "Can't you see? She'll die!"

"As will thousands of other innocent people," Vegita replied sternly, glaring.

"She'll die! She'll die!" Kenshin protested vehemently. "I have to help her now!"

"Blade is helping her; he should be good enough," came the reply. "Stupid, you have to stop thinking of one person at the cost of thousands… perhaps tens of thousands. If you go off impulsively, then all you will achieve is getting in Blade's way. If Miyuki was in space, what were you going to do?"

"I would sacrifice my body if it would help her!" he yelled, only to get a hard smack in his face.

"You idiot!" Vegita scolded, boring his eyes down. "Didn't you hear what that note said? Don't you understand what's going on? Your immature sixteen-year-old mind doesn't comprehend the fact that this battle is a family battle. This is between her, Saber, and Blade. There's no room for you!"

"But…" the boy protested, only to see Goku walk towards him and touch his shoulder.

"Vegita is right," Goku said, nodding. "She wouldn't want you there because she's not ready to open her emotions like that to you yet. You may be good friends, but you're not family. Only Blade is…"

"What… what if Blade gets there too late?" he whispered desperately. "What if… Blade fails?"

"He won't," Noal answered, his voice solid. "A man with his determination doesn't fail."

The sounds of shrieking once again pierced the countryside. Primary Bodies awoke only to see their predators come after them again, rushing for their helpless prey. Yet, they were not the only victims. Villages that had been untouched now felt the devastation of the aliens – the terrified people fled about irrationally as their monstrous attackers dove from the sky, delivering terror and devastation like no other...

The alarms sounded, and the emergency lights on the wall flashed red. Noal ran to the console and brought up images of destruction on the view screen, and they watched with horror. One image relay showed a Tekkaman jamming its lance into the base of a large woman's throat and twisting it downwards, ripping open the entire ventral part of her body. Saki almost vomited, and Noal quickly changed the scene. The Tekkamen were firing their Voltekkers at buildings and incinerating gas stations, igniting huge fires.

"Oh my god," Alena whispered, swallowing hard. 'This must have been the way I used to be.'

"These Tekkamen," Goku observed carefully. "They're being far more vicious today."

"As if they're in a rage," Shinjo muttered. "In revenge for their compatriots we killed yesterday."

"Then what the hell are we standing around for?" Vegita barked, turning towards Kenshin. "You see, Kenshin? It's not just Miyuki – all of these people are victims. Get out of your shell, and accept it!"

"Miyuki…" he whispered, trying to let his mind absorb Vegita's words. He gave a soft nod.

"Let's split up," Vegita ordered. "Goku with Alena; me and Saki. Shinjo, keep Kenshin focused."

"Will do," Shinjo nodded, happy that he would be able to resume his search for his sister. As the fighters turned to blast themselves through the hole, they were stopped suddenly by an unexpected voice.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Noal chimed. "Levin built those little devices that blocked that weird Wave Distorter Attack. Perhaps you should take them first before heading off like hotheads?"

"Of course," Goku smiled, and Noal retrieved them. "Thanks, Noal. You just saved our lives."

"It's what I am good at," the man grinned. He opened the small box and pulled out one of them.

"Earrings?" Vegita blurted, his face turning a bit red. Noal chuckled; it was a small and black ring, shaped like a tiny donut. He passed out one to each of them, and they looked at it skeptically. Saki tried to keep herself from laughing as Vegita struggled to place his on, and she reached out to help him.

When they were done, they looked up towards the hole, preparing themselves for their mission.

"Thank you, again," Goku said, and Noal nodded. With a quick wave, they raised themselves and bolted through the hole, splitting into their respective pairs. And so, another day of fighting lay ahead.

Little did they know that it would be their last against the Radam…

Author Notes: As requested by ssjkakarot, an updated lineage chart is available on the website below (actually, I'd created this chart back in 2001 and almost forgot about it during this revision until he requested it!). Again, remember to remove the spaces around the dots after you copy the link into your browser...

www . geocities . com/vegitto02/Tekkaman

KyLewin: Yep, both have had a rough time. Well, probably everyone's had a rough time. But yeah, it seemed right for both to be haunted by the memories instead of simply merrily going about their business. As per Alena, I guess I'll have to leave it to you to read :)

Rejhan: Wow, thanks for the kind comments :) Yeah, Miyuki was definitely scarred from what Saber had almost done to her. It would have been unnatural for her not to have a nightmare about it given what she had gone through earlier that day.

DynastyDrummer: Hey, thanks for the kind words. Hehe, I guess I twisted Yamucha, Tenshinhan, and Chao-zu's characters just a wee bit.

clarence: Thanks for the comments! I'm glad you've enjoyed the story thus far. I usually update every few days (and I'm taking my time now since this is the last stretch of the story), but no worries, the updates will be regular :)