Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com
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DragonTek (Part V: The Destiny Saga)
Chapter 71 - Desperation
"You lousy bastard, turning my woman into one of your slaves," seethed Goku, filled with anger. His face displayed one of absolute hatred, and his body cracked with the orange-yellow aura. Bezel backed away, only to see Goku appear behind him and hit him hard in the back, breaking through his armor. Bezel let out a whelp of pain and turned around, slashing Goku across the chest. Blood leaked out of the Saiya-jin's pectoral muscles, but the determined young man hardly paid any attention to it.
"I didn't turn her into anything," Bezel protested as he prepared himself. "She was the beast."
"And so am I," came the reply, and Goku smashed his fist in Plague's chest and slugged him in the facemask. Before Bezel could return a strike, Goku backed away and kicked him hard in the arm with deadly accuracy. Bezel uncontrollably dropped his weapon to the ground as his elbow throbbed. Goku only glared back, furious – they had used her against his family. They had used her against her own will.
Plague fired a point blank energy blast at Goku, who countered with one of his own. Goku used his free hand to bat away Bezel's blast, but Bezel was not quick enough to block his opponent's. The ball of energy plowed into his left shoulder, breaking off some of the armor and creating cracks in the vicinity. Goku fired forwards, only to stop upon seeing a sight in the distance that distracted him, and Bezel smiled.
"Now you are going to have a new opponent," chimed the Tekkaman. "This time, Lord Omega."
"No way…" Goku whispered, staring at the behemoth fly over the mountains and approach. The Saiya-jin's eyes grew wide as this hundred meter tall monster came closer and slowed his flight. Vegita, Alena, Kenshin, and Saki, all still firing at the Contact Point, also let out gasps of shock at the appearance of such a being. Omega's towering form landed harshly on the ground, crushing everything beneath him.
Goku hovered in the air, cursing and clenching his fists. How was he going to fight this beast?
Bezel only kept laughing, and Goku's eyes couldn't move away from Omega's awesome form.
"Yes, it is really him," purred Bezel. "Omega, now is the time to begin the final step. Begin!"
"You little white potato," insulted Mieko as she tried to strike Guise yet again. However, the Tekkaman's normally green armor suddenly turned black. Mieko missed him completely, for she could not see where he had gone. Immediately, she felt a strong kick to her backside, throwing her forward and breaking the thrusters on her backside. Shuriken cursed, for it would be much harder now for her to move around. Guise, still black, then appeared in front of her and hit her hard in her shoulder again, causing her to shriek. The Tekkaman looked at his work in satisfaction, and he savored in hearing her scream.
"I do not take kindly to such taunts," Chao-zu said in an irritated tone. "Especially not from you."
'His name… Tekkaman Guise…' thought Mieko, clutching her shoulder in pain. 'Guise… he camouflages himself with respect to his environment. His turning black matches the blackness of space. But I'm supposed to be as strong as a G5. How is he beating me so easily?'
"You must be hurting badly, I suppose," he said, charging her. "Now feel the greatest pain."
"I still haven't forgotten our last meeting," rasped Tenshinhan, plowing his metal knuckles into Shinjo's chest. The Saiya-jin cursed and was knocked backwards. He felt the wound, realizing he was extremely lucky that his suit did not break. Yet, its designer had designed it for battle, so it shouldn't have broken anyway. Three appeared next to him and kicked him in the legs, only to ram his forearm into the Saiya-jin's face. Shinjo felt a fresh cut just underneath his eye, and he decided that he had had enough.
"You haven't forgotten how I kicked your ass?" retorted Shinjo, powering up even more and trying to recover. Tenshinhan also raised his chi level, and both men had white auras flaring around them. An infuriated Shinjo rushed in and swung hard at Three, but the Tekkaman moved his head to his right. Shinjo's hidden left hand let out a sharp energy blast that slammed into his unsuspecting opponent, who grunted from the force. Shinjo appeared behind Three and nailed him hard in the back of the head, and Three was knocked away, trying to recover. The Saiya-jin was about to rush again when he heard a shriek.
'Was that was coming from Tekkaman Shuriken?' he thought, glancing quickly in her direction and quickly analyzing the situation. 'She's hurt, and she can't even see him. She's going to get killed!'
Swallowing his pride, Shinjo shot himself away from Three and headed towards Mieko. He had a tough time seeing Guise as well, but he could trace the Radam through the chi it emanated. Shinjo fired an energy blast right in its path, causing it to stop short. The Saiya-jin flew next to Mieko and wrapped his arm around her waist, and Mieko gasped in surprise at his gesture. Chao-zu grumbled.
"I… I had him!" she protested, only to be meet the Saiya-jin's very skeptical expression.
"You can't fight him in your state," he said, forcing her towards the Blue Earth. "You're better off staying with the Blue Earth. You'll have to tell Noal to move farther away, because he's too close."
"You've got some nerve grabbing me like that," she whined. "I can still move by myself, thanks."
"Don't say such stupid things," he chided in a vexed tone. "If I didn't, he would have killed you."
"Baka," she whispered, letting him drag her to the craft, and Chao-zu activated the thrusters on his backside. There was no way he would let her or the interfering man get away so easily. Shinjo detected the little man's chi and turned his head. Desperately thinking, he smirked and got an idea, pausing for a moment. Extending his left arm and hand upwards, he generated a large energy sphere over his left palm.
"I will never forgive you," seethed Blade, swiping his lance at his opponent's side. "Never…"
"You think we are so bad," taunted Yamucha, blocking his attack. "But the fact remains that the human race would destroy itself one day. All the greed amongst humans would eventually lead the world population to its own extermination. So what we are doing is not so bad in comparison, is it? In fact, I am sure that this war has brought the surviving humans together. This invasion is truly a benefit to Earth."
"Don't try to rationalize your actions," came the reply, and Blade struck even harder. Although he had Blood's strength and speed, he had nowhere near as much fighting experience as his enemy. Yamucha could read his every move, and he countered with ease. Takaya cursed his situation but continued to attack.
"It really is a pity that a Tekkaman of your strength is refusing to join us," Yamucha commented as he struck with his weapon, but Blade blocked it in time. "You could have all the glory in the universe."
"How could I want glory when my family has been torn apart?" asked Blade angrily.
"You will have a new family," Yamucha stated. "I give you one more chance; will you join us?"
"Are you straight?" countered Blade as he went for another attack. Tenshinhan heard Takaya's comment and didn't take too kindly to it. Before Blade could make contact with Yamucha, Three appeared in the way and kicked Blade hard in the gut. Takaya howled in pain, feeling the blood leak from his mouth. Taking advantage, Yamucha came up from behind and held Blade in a lock. Takaya struggled to get loose, but he couldn't manage to free himself. He looked up, noticing Three standing several meters before him.
"Finish him off now, Tenshinhan," ordered Yamucha, using strength to keep Blade in check.
"As you wish, my love," the triclops chuckled, generating a sharp spear-like weapon. Takaya grunted in frustration and fired his thrusters in an attempt to move, but it was of no use – Bugei held him firmly. There was nothing he could do but watch as Tenshinhan burst towards him with his deadly spear.
"Impossible," whispered Goku as the towering Omega looked down upon him. He was standing on the ground, hissing. Without thinking, Goku bursted towards him, ready to start his offensive, covered in golden energy. Like a human bullet, he smashed right through Omega's shin and emerged unscathed from the other side. Turning, he saw the moderately sized hole he'd created, but it began to seal itself up.
"How uncouth," chuckled Omega. "Especially after all the shelter I provided for you and Vegita."
"What the hell are you?" rasped Goku, extending his hand and firing a potent energy blast at his giant head. Omega twisted his body and batted the blast away effortlessly, and Goku scowled once again.
'I can't let this mammoth get near them. It's my duty to protect them all,' he thought, flaring his aura around his body. He wished he had trained harder, for Omega's strength easily exceeded his now.
"Catch this, you bastard!" yelled Shinjo, tossing it towards the approaching Tekkaman. Chao-zu chuckled as he charged towards the blast head-on, wishing to get it by catching it. Doing so would sate his desire to display his improved strength. Shinjo looked intently, smirking. Guise raised his arm to bat away the blast, but he cried in shock as the equator of the energy ball tore through his hand and cleaved off half of his fist. The blast then proceeded to cut into the armor on his chest, its equator slicing through his ribs and coming out through his upper back. Guise was cleaved into bloody halves, and then he exploded.
"What did you… do?" she stammered, stunned, forgetting that he was still holding onto her body.
"You may not understand," he replied in a pleased tone. "But I'll tell you anyway. I generated a paper thin, razor sharp disc from my energy, and I hid it inside a larger energy ball. Although an energy ball is powerful, it is not meant for cutting into things. An enemy can take an energy ball head on without worry of being cleaved. However, the kien-zan energy disc is so thin that it slices easily through many things. I just hid it inside the larger ball's equator so he wouldn't know that the main attack was truly a kien-zan. You must have said something that hurt his pride, and he wanted to show off his power by just hitting it straight on. Poor guy fell for my little trick. Now their threesome is down to two."
"Thank you," she whispered through her armor, surprising him. Shinjo nodded and led her to the Blue Earth, which had moved some distance away upon the explosion. The hatch opened and the two of them went inside. Mieko immediately de-transformed down to her clothed human self, and Shinjo blinked upon glancing at her. He realized that he had never seen her as a human before. Mieko slowly went down on her knees, feeling another wave of pain shoot through her injuries. Aki ran towards them.
"Brother," she whispered happily, but Shinjo looked down at Mieko. "Oh no…"
"Take care of her," he said, backing away. "Blade is all alone out there, and I'm going to help him. I want all of you to stay here, and don't even think about interfering. If those Tekkamen target you, there won't be anything you can do to prevent them from tearing this ship to pieces."
Before they could protest, Shinjo burst out of the craft and headed straight for the battle.
"What!" Takaya gasped as he saw the frozen figure of Tekkaman Three hovering weakly and unmoving only ten feet in front of him. Tenshinhan was grunting in pain, and Takaya's eyes looked down at the Tekkaman's midsection. A foot-long blade stuck out from his intestinal region, his blood escaping the wound and bubbling into the air-less space. Blade took in a sudden breath, for he saw Saber's demonic figure come into light behind Three. Shinya flashed his eyes.
"Not one of you has the right to kill my brother," said Saber in a razor sharp tone. "Only I do."
"Y… Yamucha," Tenshinhan gasped, trying to figure out what had happened: just as he was about to strike, he had noticed a huge blast some distance away. He had realized that it was Chao-zu who had detonated, and he had paused for a second. Then, Saber had used the opportunity to get behind him and attack from his unguarded backside. He had been so distracted by Chao-zu's possible death that he hardly noticed Shinya appear behind him and deliver the lethal blow.
"No… no… my Tenshinhan," Yamucha gasped, immediately releasing Blade from his grip and throwing him off to the side. Blade stabilized himself and watched Yamucha stand motionlessly several feet in front of his lover. Three's armor faded away, leaving Tenshinhan's limp body behind. Blood trickled from the triclop's mouth, and even more seeped from his wound. Yamucha could do nothing but watch with a painfully tight lump in his throat. Tears welled in his eyes underneath his facemask.
"I'm… sorry… Yamucha… Chao-zu…" whispered Tenshinhan, grunting again as Saber jerked his lance sideways, ripping through more of his innards. Yamucha screamed, and Saber snorted, pulling out his weapon and repeatedly skewering Three, only to raise his lance to drive it through his skull. Yet, a strong energy blast slammed into Tenshinhan, vaporizing the man's body before Saber could get the chance. Shinya, Takaya, and Yamucha turned towards the source of the blast, and Shinya scowled.
"The man was about to breath his last anyway," remarked a disgusted Shinjo. "There was no reason for you to act with such unnecessary brutality. He was defenseless, and what you did was sick."
"How could you show such sympathy towards that man?" asked Saber curiously.
"If he was one of my ancestors' friends," came the saddened reply, "then he must have helped protect our planet before he turned Radam. He may have become jealous of the Saiya-jin, but he would never have willingly joined the Radam and devastated planets. No human would, and neither would you, Saber. Neither would you, Bugei. And neither would Guise."
"I've lost them both," whispered a teary-eyed Yamucha. "They're gone, away from me."
Yamucha soon began to snarl, and he turned his head and body towards a startled Shinjo.
"He died like a warrior, but you didn't even let me say good-bye!" rasped the Tekkaman as he blasted himself towards the Saiya-jin. "For their memory, I will destroy you thoroughly… you monkey!"
Shinjo crouched in a defensive stance and shot a small but powerful energy blast at Yamucha's body. The Tekkaman made no effort to dodge it, however, and he let it slam into his armor, allowing that section to melt and soften. Yamucha roared as he furiously approached, and Shinjo gritted his teeth. With a yell, Shinjo lashed out an aura-covered punch, his fist plowing through the melted spot in Bugei's armor.
Yamucha shrieked as the man's fist tore through his heart and emerged out his armored backside.
"You… let me do that," the Saiya-jin gasped. "You want to die with your friends, don't you?"
"Yes, and with you too," Yamucha sneered, and his body began to flash violently in a reddish color. Shinjo widened his eyes, realizing that the Tekkaman was about to explode from the fatal wound.
"SHIT!" Shinjo cursed, trying to pull his arm out of him, but Yamucha wrapped his arms around the Saiya-jin's body and hugged him tightly, making it virtually impossible. Bugei closed his eyes, ecstatic that he would join his friends. It was only a question of whether he would meet them in heaven or hell.
Shinjo's mind raced desperately – even if he managed to fire a blast at Yamucha, it could possibly accelerate the detonation, taking him out as well. No, he needed a way to knock the Tekkaman off of him.
Then, an idea came to his head. Quickly turning in the direction of the flagship, Shinjo covered himself with white aura and blasted towards it, carrying Bugei with him. Yamucha looked in surprise, and Shinjo sweated, the flashing from Bugei scaring him. Blade followed them, wondering what he was up to.
As the Saiya-jin speedily arrived at the ship, Yamucha realized it instantly – but before he could react, Shinjo slammed Bugei's backside against the side of the large Kakujin Genshihou cannon. Yamucha cried out, reflexively releasing his grip on Shinjo, who pulled back his crimson-covered arm and leapt back.
Out of nowhere, a lance sped towards Bugei, piercing his stomach and pinning him to the cannon.
"No! NO!" shrieked Bugei, whose flashing became brighter. Shinjo gave Blade a nod of thanks, and the two rapidly retreated. Blade watched with satisfaction, for it was Bugei who had brought doom to Earth during this time, and it was because of Bugei that his family, as well as many others', were torn apart.
"This way," Shinjo smirked. "We're using his own power against them. Good thinking, Blade."
'Thank God Takaya pinned that loser,' Saber yawned. 'Now, we can get our match underway.'
"No! This wasn't how I wanted it to happen!" Yamucha lamented, tearful. "It wasn't the way!"
By now, most of the remaining Tekkamen on Earth had converged above the Contact Point. Dozens had already died after having expended every ounce of energy firing their Voltekkers, but hundreds were still functioning well as they contributed their share to the attack. Vegita, Saki, Alena, and Kenshin continued to struggle against the onslaught; they too were feeling their energy being heavily drained. The two that felt it the most were Saki, who understandably possessed less stamina and strength than did the rest, and Kenshin, who had been firing his Kame-hame-ha for a long, long time.
"I will not fail… I must keep firing… I can't let them down…" the boy whispered to himself as he pushed himself harder, releasing another wave of his decreasing energy. Saki continued to breathe heavily as she fired her own blast, and she too knew that she wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer. Kenshin cursed to himself, feeling his hands and feet numb from physical pressure, and he felt like giving up.
'No… I can't think like that… but look at what we're up against,' he thought, trying to make sense of the entire situation. 'We're only four, and they are hundreds. On top of that, that damn Kakujin cannon is still firing, contributing about a third of their total firepower. But Aki is up there; can we really sacrifice her? It's too late now – there's too many Tekkamen now, and we're barely keeping the point of contact from falling, let alone pushing it up towards the ship. I hope those guys up there come up with something, or something terrible is going to happen down here… So guys, think of something… please…'
"I'm sorry… you all…" a female voice said weakly. "It's… too much… I can't help you…"
"Saki… no…" whispered Vegita upon seeing the thin white aura fade away from the girl as she leaned backwards and collapsed to the ground from severe exhaustion.
'No… Guise's and Three's life-waves disappeared from my mental link. And what's this? Bugei's life-wave is faltering as well? What the devil is happening? They are G7 warriors! They shouldn't be defeated so… WHAT?' Admiral Stake gasped as he stood stunned on the bridge, noticing the flashing pattern coming from the nose of the vessel. He sprinted up to the window, only to observe in horror that Bugei had been pinned to the barrel of the cannon and was about to explode. Stake rushed out of the room.
'Oh my god! Yamucha's gonna blow! And I don't mean sexually, either!' Stake panicked as he headed desperately for the nearest exit, gripping his crystal. Then, before he knew it, Yamucha detonated.
Instantaneously, a severely bright, white light emanated from the cannon, and a massive explosion followed. The gun was vaporized, and the deadly green blast it produced disappeared completely. A white fireball of colossal proportions expanded suddenly, progressively tearing through the front of the flagship.
"Tek-S…" was the last phrase ever uttered by Admiral Stake, for the deadly radioactive fireball had already reached the bridge. His crystal exploded into hundreds of fragments, and the Namek cried in terror as the energy engulfed his body and excruciatingly scorched his green skin, melting it thoroughly.
The blast continued on behind him, tearing through the rest of the ship. During his final moments, Stake pondered the cruel twist of fate. He had been pouring in most of his energy directly into the Kakujin cannon's fuel cells so that it could fire at maximum power. Alas, that power was now turned against him.
Had he had some stamina left, his body would have had a better probability of surviving. Now, he had no chance, and his figure was cooked like a steak before it burst into dozens of tiny pieces, all of which faded to oblivion along with his shriek. Thus, upon his end, all of the Radam G7 warriors were eliminated.
"Get out of here, now!" hollered Shinjo as Blade and he quickly flew into the airlock of the Blue Earth. Noal didn't even need to be told; he quickly fired the vessel's thrusters and flew the craft away as fast as he could. Upon reaching a safe distance, he turned the vessel around in order to get a better look.
It was a sight that both amazed and shocked all on board. The white ball of nuclear energy continued to eat away at the front of the vessel, devouring it foot by foot. Within seconds, the blast reached its peak, pushing the remaining, severely damaged half of the flagship off into space away from the sun.
The people inside the Blue Earth anxiously watched as the white energy sphere began to reduce in size, and it eventually faded into blackness. Noal sighed in great relief knowing that the cannon was destroyed, and a smile appeared on Miyuki's face. She got up from her seat and limped over to Takaya, now in his human form. He looked down at his sister and saw the moistness in her eye.
"You shouldn't be moving," he said, smiling softly at her. "You're hurt."
"I'm so happy, oniisan," came the reply, filled with relief. "I was so worried about you."
"Where's Mieko?" cut in Shinjo, turning his head as he looked for the young, attractive woman.
"She's in a back room recovering," replied Aki. "She was in a lot of pain. I had to stabilize her."
"Then everything here is done," said Shinjo confidently with relief. "Let's head back to Earth."
"No, there is still something that must be finished," Takaya said sharply as a blue crystal shape lit on his forehead. Miyuki gasped, and everybody turned towards the young man. "I have to finish it with Saber. He's waiting for me… outside. I must face him, because it will be the final opportunity to do so."
"No, oniisan," begged Miyuki, looking desperately at him. "Stay here with me… please…"
"No, we have to settle this once and for all," he replied, a trace of anger creeping into his voice. Miyuki swallowed hard and held onto him, but he gently removed her arms and softly pushed her away to Aki. His gaze met that of the young woman Space Knight, and she nodded upon seeing his eyes. Shinjo watched silently, for he knew that there was no way he wanted to stop such a determined man.
"I will be back," firmly stated Takaya, stepping into the airlock. "I promise you that."
"We'll all be waiting for you, Takaya," whispered Aki, and the young man subtly nodded.
After the doors closed in front of him, he brilliantly burst out of the ship as Tekkaman Blade.
Author Notes: Pretty intense chapter, huh? I hope you didn't feel cheated by the demise of the Namek warrior Stake... let me know if you did ;) Sorry for the delay in uploading (due to the site's downtime).
TheTiny: Thanks for reading, and I appreciate your nice comments :) Glad to know you're enjoying the story so far, and I hope you enjoy the finish just as much. I began reading your story (AS) and read about ten chapters or so. I have to say - very interesting! Looks like you're building up to something huge. I'll continue reading once I free up some more time.
ssjkakarot: Thanks for the tip. Yeah, I definitely goofed by mixing up the rooms. But I guess since this fic is AU, can that little mistake be forgiven? :) Thanks for pointing it out to me... just shows me that I've been away from DBZ for a while.
John: Thanks - for reading and the nice comments :) Hope you enjoy the final chapters.
Rockie-chan: Well, they won't be evil. They'll still be jealous, but just not evil (since their Radam parasites used their jealousy to drive them towards evil). As far as Krillin goes, he wasn't part of their little scheme. I guess he lived a pretty normal life for the rest of his life, and his descendants didn't become fighters (Well, I guess there's always room for one of his descendants to be a fighter, but I guess we can save that for another fic... :)
KyLewin: Glad to know you got all caught up. Haha, true, the whole deal with the three guys is sorta random, kinda intended to add some humor to the fic (as well as do some Yamucha bashing, even though I really don't have anything against the guy). About Omega being the ship - In the Tekkaman anime, there is also a huge Omega who is bound to the ship (though the ship doesn't 'turn' into him). So, it's a cross between that and Unicron from Transformers the Movie. Plague respecting Kenshin - after all the kid's been through, Plague can't help but feel a little respect for him (I guess it's just having respect for your enemy, etc), and that probably comes from the little bit of him that still remembers his old identity, before the Saiya-jin conquered his planet.
Rejhan: Yep, that was inspired by the Ginyu Force ;)