Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com
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DragonTek (Part V: The Destiny Saga)
Chapter 70 - Perils of Escape
Holding her black Tek-crystal, she was soon encased in a dark, translucent shell that resembled the shape of her crystal. The covering soon faded away to reveal the stealthy figure of Tekkaman Shuriken, ready to begin her dangerous, new mission. She had enjoyed a good night's rest in a proper bed, although she did feel somewhat nervous. It was strange that the ship's inhabitants rested in beds rather than pods, but after thinking about it, it made sense. After all, there would be no purpose for all the Tekkamen to sleep in energy-consuming pods, especially during times of inactivity when they just trained with one other.
Getting back to the task at hand, Shuriken slipped down the hallway. She had made sure to wait long enough so that the Tekkamen aboard had already departed for Earth. After they had left, she had spent her time cutting down the Watchers from the ceiling using ninja stars. From the tour, she had deduced that there were six possible escape routes to the exterior, with all six exits spaced far apart. She destroyed the Watchers in five of the six possible routes, thereby attracting attention to those routes. That would leave the sixth route undamaged, but that was the one she wanted to take since the Radam were using their remaining resources in analyzing the attacks on the other five. Even if the remaining few Tekkamen left behind were to learn of their escape via the sixth route, they would be too far away to stop them in time.
Yet, it was still all a gamble. Mieko quietly went through the corridors and eventually reached Aki's cell. The woman inside had been sitting with her back against the wall, and her eyes were closed. Shuriken quietly tapped on the cell bars and whispered to the half-sleeping woman.
"Aki!" she called, and the girl's eyes opened. Aki raised her eyebrows, and Shuriken nodded in response. Mieko slid a package through the bars, and Aki received it noiselessly. It was a suit that would allow her to survive in space. Aki quietly slipped it on and nodded. Then, Mieko revealed a kodachi and sliced through the bars. Aki stepped out, and Mieko wrapped her arm around the lady's waist. Taking a quick look above, Mieko noticed the Watcher pulse with pink light, and she severed it with her weapon.
Without wasting a second, Shuriken, carrying Aki, spend down the hallway and turned a corner, beginning the sixth route. Saying a quiet prayer, she hastily made her way down the subsequent corridors, destroying any Watchers and any vine-like obstacles that tried to hinder her path. The operation had begun.
"We certainly took our sweet time," commented Goku as his girlfriend and he saw the lights in the distance. In front of them flew a pack of sixty Tekkamen, and as they approached the battleground, both decided there was no longer a need for hesitation. Goku shot upwards and plowed into the group of sixty, and Alena followed suit and unsheathed Kotukari, hewing down her enemies. The survivors circled them.
"Alena, we are so screwed right now, aren't we?" Goku joked, his backside pressed against hers.
"Oh, Goku, what can we possibly do?" she snickered, flaring her body with golden aura. Their opponents all rushed in simultaneously from all sides for the kill, and a barrier shell encased Goku and her.
With a shout, Alena released a Final Flash, while Goku released his Kame-hame-ha. The two massive blasts went in opposite directions, smashing hard into the helpless warriors and incinerating them, resulting in a grand explosion whose shockwaves could even be felt by Vegita, Kenshin, and Bezel in the distance. The shell protected the two from shrapnel, but they won – all sixty were dead. Bezel seethed.
"That was beautiful, Alena," sang Goku, turning around.
"Instead of sitting here praising me," she replied with a twitch. "Shouldn't we be helping them?"
"Oh… yeah," he replied, blushing in embarrassment. The two turned towards the conflict in the distance and bolted themselves in that direction, taking in a deep breath as they reached their destination.
Vegita, Kenshin, and Saki were risking their lives, and the two immediately flew down to their side. Dozens of additional Tekkamen continued to arrive, adding their own punch to the struggle. The Contact Point lowered by several meters. One particular Tekkaman caught Alena's eye as she glanced up.
"Bezel," she scowled. The Radam Emperor, in his Tekkaman form, glared down. So far, he had refused to engage in combat in order to be free to make any quick strategic moves. Alena made a motion to fly up to him, but a hand touched her shoulder. Goku gently shook his head, and she narrowed her eyes.
"What the hell are you doing, Goku?" she said sharply to his face. "I have to mess him up."
"You're not the only person who has to take revenge," he replied. "I want a shot at him too."
She began to protest but soon saw the killer expression on his face. His eyes became very serious, and his facial features tightened. This was the first time she'd seen that look, and she nodded to his request.
"Thank you," he said softly, giving her a brief hug. Vegita turned his eyes and watched in fury.
"Idiots!" he yelled. "What are you doing? Stop looking at each other, and start helping us out!"
"Eh… sorry," Alena replied, stepping next to her brother and Saki. Keeping her left foot forward and her right leg back, Alena placed her palms together and extended them. Flaring the golden aura around her person, she extended her palms and fired a potent Garlic Gun, her blast fusing with theirs and pushing the Contact Point back up by a few dozen meters. Bezel looked on silently, knowing that the situation was still under control. After all, more Tekkamen had yet to arrive, and the ship could still fire at full power for some more time. His attention was captured as a voice yelling to him from below, and Bezel frowned.
"You rotten bastard," muttered Goku, pounding his fists as he raised up. "Misusing our energy."
"Misusing your strength?" Bezel replied, amused. "Of course. But so what, Saiya-jin? What are you going to do about it? Attack me? I suppose so, for that is all your feeble brain can conjure. Are you just going to start fighting with me even though I show no desire to do such a thing?"
"Eh?" Goku blurted, feeling slightly confused. 'If I just attack him, doesn't that make me bad?'
"Yes, I knew you wouldn't do anything," replied the Radam. "You're too naïve to do such a—"
"Fuck it," Goku muttered, and he rushed towards Plague, ready to punch a hole through his gut.
The two raced through the winded corridors lined with vines, ooze, and metal. The Watchers continued to fall to the ground as they were severed at their stringy tops, and no resistance was overtly offered to the young women. This operation seemed too easy, and that raised doubts in Shuriken's mind. Aki could do nothing but watch and hope that they wouldn't be caught, and she debated ways to use her limited powers. Within seconds, they reached the large chamber that contained the enormous glass-like wall, which contained exit-ports to space. Shuriken smiled and speedily headed for one. Even that gave her no problem, and she burst out into space, making sure that she didn't travel too jerkily or quickly.
"Oh my god," Shuriken gasped as she looked towards the front of the vessel, seeing the colossal verdant beam being shot towards the Earth. Tracing the beam's path, she saw more lights and flashes several miles down, but she couldn't make anything of it. Aki too saw it, and she was at a loss for words. Shrugging, Shuriken proceeded to head down for the Earth, only to be startled by a voice from above her.
"Mutinous behavior will not be tolerated, Tekkaman Shuriken," purred a voice, whose owner revealed himself. It was a Tekkaman that Shuriken had never before seen; it was proportioned in such a way such that its host underneath must have been well built. Two other Tekkamen slowly floated up from the top of the flagship and flew to the location of their friend. The three chuckled at the frozen Shuriken.
"It's me, Yamucha," rasped the armored being. "And here with me are Tenshinhan and Chao-zu, the man who gave you your little tour. You certainly fooled him and our master, Admiral Stake. Now we know why you wanted that tour. You wanted to find the best route to smuggle your friend out of here."
"Wasn't it obvious?" came the taunting reply, yet Mieko swallowed hard upon hearing him laugh.
"And you think you are in the position to be making jokes," he replied, charging her. His armored fist covered itself with white aura, and he punched with incredible strength. She gasped and twisted back, barely avoiding it. Her mind raced for a solution, for she had to fight while keeping Aki safe under her arm. Yamucha rushed in and punched her shoulder, breaking its bones. Mieko cried out in burning pain.
"I always used to be scared of women," he laughed. "But now I see how much fun it is to hit one."
He signaled to Chao-zu and Tenshinhan, who nodded, and the three of them surrounded the two in a triangle formation, with each of them at a corner. Mieko stood frozen, biting her tongue hard to suppress the aching in her shoulder, and Aki kept deathly quiet, unable to help much otherwise. The three evil Tekkamen began to charge their cells for a triple Voltekker attack, but a spark in the distance approached.
'What in the world?' Aki thought, looking in its direction. Tenshinhan, Chao-zu, and Yamucha watched it, and within seconds, the form of Tekkaman Blade appeared. Saber soon followed; he halted his flight and stood several dozen feet behind his twin. Blade looked at the three evil Tekkamen but focused his attention on the black Tekkaman in the middle.
"Shuriken!" he yelled, ready to charge in. However, one sight stopped him – the person wrapped within her arm. Blade's eyes widened in realization and blurted, "No… you can't do this… let Aki go…!"
"Takaya!" Aki suddenly called, a feeling of relief washing over her face. "She's helping us."
"What?" he replied in surprise, remembering the surveillance recording. "But I thought—"
"I'll explain later," came the wavering and desperate reply. "She's on our side now. Trust me!"
"Explain later?" Tenshinhan chuckled, flashing his eye. Immediately, he lurched towards Blade, covering both of his fists with white aura. Blade leveled his weapon and readied himself for the attack, and Saber watched eagerly. Yet, Three suddenly stopped, only to fire a white ball of energy at Blade, startling him. Takaya knocked it away with his lance and lunged at Three, who knocked away Blade's weapon.
The triclops chuckled, for he had lured Blade into his game. Three lashed out a kick and nailed Blade in the gut. Takaya bent over in pain, and Three smashed his fist, via a hammer strike, into Blade's backside. Takaya grunted as he was knocked downwards, but he straightened himself and shot back up. However, their battle was soon interrupted as they saw another spark appear in the distance. This time, it was coming from the Earth. Takaya and Shinya immediately recognized the ship.
"So your friends have finally come to help you out," chided Saber, remaining still. "It is a pity that you can't defeat these three all by yourself. You do possess a strength that easily surpasses theirs."
"It's not wise of you to say such things, Tekkaman Saber," warned an annoyed Yamucha. Within seconds, the ship stopped some distance from them, and out from it emerged a man dressed in garb that seemed inappropriate for space. It appeared as if he had no helmet, and his body was snugly covered in a dark blue outfit, designed by Kenshin's late grandma. The Saiya-jin speedily made his way towards the Tekkamen, and he gasped upon seeing Tekkaman Shuriken holding his sister in a protective fashion.
"What the hell is this? Tekkaman Shuriken?" he asked quizzically, only to get a nod from Blade.
"She's on our side, at least that's what Aki is telling us," came Takaya's reply. Shinjo squinted.
"Aki, have you gone mad?" Shinjo barked. "After what she did, how can you possibly trust her?"
"I remember you, you little bastard," Tenshinhan seethed, remembering his defeat at the Space Knight secondary facility base. "This time, you don't have your tail to help you, you accursed monkey."
"This is the one that defeated you?" laughed Yamucha. "This is the Saiya-jin that beat you?"
"Yeah, I beat the lights out of him," smirked Shinjo, hoping Mieko would take the hint. Without warning, the Saiya-jin generated a large energy ball and fired it at Tenshinhan, who charged forward to take it head on. However, before he reached it, Shinjo directed the ball sharply upwards, and all the Tekkamen looked intently at it… all the Tekkamen besides Shuriken. The ball exploded in bright light, doing exactly what Shinjo intended. Mieko took advantage of the distraction, raced for the Blue Earth, and reached it safely. A hatch opened, and Aki boarded the craft. Running through the compartments, the young Space Knight woman made a hasty greeting to Noal and plopped down in her navigator's seat, ready to do battle.
"Um, hi, Aki," he said confusedly. "You sure you want to fight so suddenly?"
"Just keep focusing on what's in front of us," she said with newfound energy, and Noal nodded.
Miyuki stepped into the cockpit and strapped herself into a seat, startling Aki. The two young women smiled at each other, and Aki turned her attention back towards the window.
Goku and Bezel continued to duke it out, smashing each other with their fists and taunting each other with their sharp words. Bezel cursed, for he had no intention to fight, but the Saiya-jin was not letting up. Bezel decided that he needed to keep Goku occupied by other means, and he had the perfect solution.
'Omega,' Bezel rasped in his mind furiously. 'I need you to be here immediately. Come now.'
"I will be there shortly, Lord Plague," came the pseudo-telepathic reply. "I am about to complete charging myself by draining the energy from the second bugger hive. You have no need to worry, for I—"
'Just get over here, now!' Bezel hollered.
Noal kept his craft at bay, waiting for a seemly moment to making an exit. Shuriken flew away from the craft and stood next to a suspicious Shinjo, but the Saiya-jin focused on the trio of Tekkamen before him. Blade stood off to the side, and Saber observed from a distance. All the warriors examined one another carefully, waiting for the strike. Soon, the silence was broken by a chuckle from Yamucha.
"That was quite a nice trick you did," said the eerie human-Radam, "distracting us with that."
"I know it was," came the arrogant reply from the Saiya-jin, smashing his fists together.
"Don't get so smug, you monkey," Yamucha rasped. "It was just a ruse, nothing more. We won't be so easily deceived next time, and you'll regret it once we get serious. As a unit, we are unstoppable."
"You make it sound as if you're famous," spat Shinjo. "Who the hell are you guys, anyway?"
"Yamucha, we haven't even given our introduction yet!" gasped Chao-zu's Tekkaman form, smacking himself in the forehead. "We practiced so hard to do it! Now is the perfect time to show it off!"
"I must say I agree," Yamucha said, rubbing his armored chin with his fingers and turning towards Shinjo and Mieko. "Not many have seen this, so consider yourselves fortunate. Tenshinhan, let's begin with you, and then Chao-zu will go. I will be last. Tenshinhan, you are to stand to my right, while Chao-zu to my left. That way, it'll work out well from their, the audience's, perspective. Got it? Then let's begin!"
"Huh?" said Shuriken, wondering how the situation became so goofy all of a sudden.
'Are they mocking us?' thought Blade as he watched in annoyance. 'At least Aki is safe for now.'
The warriors, including Saber, watched open-mouthed as the trio began to dance in place.
"I am…" sang Tenshinhan, rapidly twirling his head in circles. "… Tekkaman Three!"
"I am…" squeaked Chao-zu, revolving his body around several times. "… Tekkaman Guise!"
"I am…" chanted Yamucha, crossing his legs and flapping his arms. "… Tekkaman Gay!"
"Oro?" Kenshin blurted unexpectedly as he continued to release the energy blast from his hands.
Blade, Shinjo, Shuriken, and Saber all stood dumbfounded, a large sweat-drop appearing on each.
"Three… Guise… Gay…" Shinjo trailed off, his face turning red. "Three… gay… guys…"
"Yamucha!" hollered Three, shaking his head vigorously. "You screwed it up again, damn it!"
"Tenshinhan," came the irritated reply. "I didn't do anything wrong, for crying out loud!"
"What are you talking about?" came the angry response from Chao-zu. "You completely ruined our introduction! Your Radam name is 'Bugei' – Japanese for 'martial arts.' We're supposed to be the 'Three martial arts guys', not the 'Three gay guys!' Why do you keep shortening your true Radam name?"
"Now, come on," Yamucha said, his voice cracking. "Are you ashamed of what we really are?"
"But that's supposed to be a secret kept between the three of us!" whined Tenshinhan, protesting in a vexed tone. "You know that Lord Omega has prohibited those type of relationships from existing in the Radam armed forces. We may be stripped of our ranks, or worse yet, he may destroy us altogether!"
"Now, now, he won't do anything of the sort," Yamucha replied confidently. "Besides, how will he ever know? The only other person who knows about it is Admiral Stake, but I have enough dirt on him to keep him silent. So, you see, Lord Omega will never find out."
"Yes, he will," chuckled Saber. "Because I left my mental link on. He heard every word."
"You dirty bastard!" squealed Chao-zu, grunting in anger. "Now he's going to skin us!"
"Do not worry, Lord Omega will not do anything to us," Yamucha replied confidently. "Because he needs us all right now to fight these Saiya-jin bastards, the people we have been meaning to slaughter."
Yamucha turned to face Shinjo, and he frowned upon seeing the man's bemused expression.
"What's the matter with you?" started Yamucha. "You prejudiced against us or something?"
"I don't care about that," came the response, although Shinjo couldn't help but snicker at the small dances they performed during their idiotic introduction. "But I do care that you're terrorizing your own planet. You're betraying Earth! Yesterday, your friend said that you used to be friends of my ancestors!"
"Indeed, we were for a long while," confessed Yamucha, generating his weapon. "But so what?"
"Since you were, I want to know how and why you became Radam," demanded Shinjo.
"Very well, then, I will let you in on the story since you won't be living to tell anybody else about it," smirked Yamucha, taking in a breath. "Years after the Saiya-jin known as Son Goku passed away, or rather, was absorbed into the Dragonballs, I became very frustrated with my personal situation. My success rate with women had hit rock bottom… and had even begun to dig. Obviously, I wasn't getting anywhere with anyone. I even tried hitting on Buruma once, but Trunks and Vegita beat me to a pulp for it. Ever since that day, I vowed revenge upon those two. Yet, I had to get much stronger to even put a scratch on either of them. That's when I consulted Tenshinhan and Chao-zu. They both agreed to train with me and help me get stronger so I could best our Saiya-jin friends… or should I say, competitors. Even they felt highly jealous of those monkeys; it just wasn't fair. It was during our friendship and our training that our feelings towards one another blossomed. We all had so much in common, and we all cared about one other deeply. I realized that I would be much happier sharing my life with them rather than with a woman, and it wasn't long before our relationship evolved to the next level. And so that's how we got together…"
"And what a fulfilling tale that was," replied Shinjo, clearly annoyed. "But I told you before, I don't give a damn about that. I want to know how in the world you became Radam Tekkamen warriors."
"You're really pushing it, aren't you?" replied Yamucha, pleased that everyone else was listening curiously. "Well, soon after we confessed our feelings for one another, we decided that the best way to achieve our goal was for us to train in the Sky Palace's Room of Spirit and Time, where one day outside the chamber is equivalent to one year inside. So in a matter of an Earth day, we could train a year's worth."
"Well, the three of us snuck inside without notifying anyone. We asked the room to transport us to a difficult area, and we soon found ourselves sent to many different planets around the galaxy where we battled warriors from the past and the present. We became so absorbed in our training that we hardly noticed the time go by. In fact, we had spent over two years inside that room, and that translates to two Earth days outside the room. We had been training on a Radam-infested planet located in another galaxy when the two year mark hit, or the two day mark, depending on which side of the door you are standing."
"Yeah, go on," said Shinjo, who found the story to be surprisingly interesting. "I'm listening."
"Anybody that stays in the Room of Spirit and Time for more than two Earth days, or two years inside, will be stuck in there forever. There would be no way for us to return to our home planet's plane. We were permanently stuck on that particular invaded planet, having no idea where it was in relation to Earth. We tried our best to fight the Radam on that world, but we soon ran out of strength and were captured. Within weeks, we were converted into Tekkamen warriors, forms that gave us enough strength to overcome you Saiya-jin. We had thought it was a curse, but it truly was a hidden blessing. And here we are now, ready to rip out your guts and prove our newfound strength!"
"And so it was through you that the Radam learned about planet Earth?" Shinjo asked, remembering what Tekkaman Three had previously told him. "You told them to come here?"
"Earth was already on their list of destinations, but I put in a recommendation for it," Yamucha hissed. "I told them that they should head for my home world because it could provide good subjects to be converted. It was the only way for us to get to this planet, for we had no other fitting transportation. I didn't tell them about you Saiya-jin. That… is a matter to be settled between you monkeys and us three."
"You allowed for all these humans to suffer just because of your personal revenge?" barked Blade, extremely angry. He pointed at Shinjo and barked, "You destroyed countless families so that you could get back at his people? You destroyed my family! You destroyed his family!"
"I guess we have, haven't we?" chuckled Yamucha, turning towards Blade. "I feel that we have chatted enough. A traitor like you must be disposed, and this Saiya-jin in front of me must also perish. It is really amusing knowing that so many have such hatred for your Saiya-jin race. You are an abomination."
"Pure insanity…" trailed of Shinjo, clenching his fist. "You Radam are the true disease."
"And we will infect you till death," growled Tenshinhan, charging Shinjo. Images of his defeat flooded the Tekkaman's mind, and his only purpose now was to redeem himself of the shame he had endured. Shinjo readied himself as the warrior approached, and he too charged forwards. Mieko watched as the fighters collided in mid-space, smashing their fists into the other's body with vicious power. The young Tekkaman woman gasped as she saw one of the trio suddenly appear next to her and chuckle.
"Well, Shuriken," Guise piped. "I certainly gave you the tour, but now I will show you its end."
Mieko backed away as Guise blasted for her, ready to strike her hard. Her shoulder was already throbbing, and she couldn't move her left arm due to it. Shuriken evaded his punch and fired a ninja star from her arm, slightly piercing his armor. Guise chuckled as he pulled it out and threw it back hard at her.
Mieko grunted as it lodged in her armored chest, drawing a little blood. Yamucha looked on in interest, only to be attacked by a furious Blade. Takaya couldn't believe that Earth had to endure its horror at this particular time just because of this these human warriors. Yamucha blocked Takaya with his own lance, and the two began their heated battle. Saber kept his distance and observed calmly.
Author Notes: Well, the explanation for those three guys has been given! Not to mention that they have some of the corniest lines (especially Chao-zu's there at the end). That was just terrible... lol.
Rockie-chan: Wow, even with all that hey-day, I'm glad you're sticking with this! Heh, yeah, talk about multi-tasking. Well, Omega was only using the corpse of Takaya and Shinya's father - basically, using the body for tricking his subordinates into thinking that the armored body of the father was really him. Omega's true body had disintegrated many, many years prior to that (almost as if his soul had been "transferred" into that bio-organic probe ship).
Rejhan: Thanks :) I made Bezel have those thoughts to give him a little more dimension. After all, he was truly fighting out of revenge (though it was crazed). His demonic motives had to have come from somewhere... I guess the guy just wasn't born evil.
What did the rest of you think?