Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com

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DragonTek (Part V: The Destiny Saga)

Chapter 72 - Final Offensive

"What!" gasped Bezel as he turned his head upwards. The enormous explosion had easily caught his attention, and he gritted his teeth. The green ray from the Kakujin cannon had disappeared completely, and he could see the white fireball that continued to expand in the distance of space.

"It was that Saiya-jin!" he yelled to himself. 'Like an idiot, I let the Blue Earth go into space! I never dreamed they'd succeed in destroying that weapon. How could they? Bugei, Guise, and Three were all up there. There is no way that the Saiya-jin by himself could have defeated them! But he still did it!'

"No, I cannot let my plan crumble!" whispered Bezel to himself. "These are the final moments in this war. I will not lose to these Earth creatures. I will not lose to these Saiya-jin! The flagship has been destroyed, and Omega is doing nothing! He is continuing to play around with Goku! Omega!"

"No way…" Kenshin whispered, feeling the stress of the opposing blast weaken. Vegita and Alena sensed it as well, and they continued to fire. However, they gasped upon watching their cousin lower his hands and stumble backwards, leaving them to face the attack alone. Kenshin crashed to the ground on his backside, and he began to breathe extremely heavily as he lay next to a spent Saki.

"Kenshin," said Alena, turning her head towards his as she maintained her countering blast.

"I'll only need a few minutes," he panted, closing his eyes as he relaxed his body. "I don't know why, but their attack has weakened. You must have felt it too. You two should be able to handle it for now while I recover my stamina. It shouldn't be too long. We're almost there."

'Recover quickly, Kenshin,' thought Vegita as the energy persistently shot out from his palms. 'You've been with this blast since the beginning. I know you're tired. But recover fast.'

"Omega, you continue to ignore my words and play around with this weakling!" barked Bezel as he glared at the monster only several hundred feet away. "I already told you to begin the final stage of our attack! Yet, you stand there and wish to bask in your own strength!"

"My apologies, Lord Plague," Omega thundered, taking a break from his one-sided battle with Goku. The Saiya-jin continued to attack, but it was to no avail. "Toying with this creature has served only to assert my superiority in strength. Yet, I will now execute the final step in our plan. The true reason as to why I came down on Earth will be shown to you very quickly, Son Goku."

"Show me. I'm waiting," Goku gritted his teeth, backing away and hovering in the air. The golden aura continued to flare around him and give off its familiar whooshing sound. The Saiya-jin raised himself in elevation, only to be at eye level with the giant Tekkaman. He looked into Omega's eyes, but all he could see underneath the enormous mask was a mangled mass of flesh. It was almost as if the Radam had no face whatsoever; indeed, he lacked one since his own body had disintegrated centuries ago.

"Now you will see how useless your efforts were to stop us," chuckled the giant as he looked on at the ongoing Voltekker-Kame-hame-ha battle that was taking place not too far away. Goku eyed the monster carefully but did not move, and Omega noticed the Saiya-jin's cautiousness. Raising his arms up into the air, Omega began to glow with a bluish light. Goku backed away several meters as he saw massive amounts of electricity crackle from the colossus's palms. Within seconds, the electricity slowly gathered into a bluish sphere, which levitated higher and suddenly burst, forming a flat, horizontal ellipse.

"What is…" whispered Goku with dread as he looked up at the expanding shape that began to stretch rapidly, and Omega lowered his arms. The ellipse soon formed a circle and continued to eat into more of the sky. The shape itself turned pitch black, and intermittent charges of electricity could be seen within its area. The expanding shape continued to cover the sky at an alarming rate; however, it did not go near the location of the Voltekker-Kame-hame-ha clash.

"What the hell did you do?" demanded Goku as he yelled into Omega's face. "What is this?"

"This is a warp gate, my friend," came the reply from the Warlord. "I have just created a new one, and it is still in its young stages. The very shape you had asked me about is this warp portal itself. It will continue to grow and stretch itself across your sky. And once it reaches the necessary size, it will be large enough to pull your planet from this solar system… and warp it into another."

"No!" Goku yelled in fear. "If the Earth is pulled from its orbit, life all across the world will die! Temperatures will drop below freezing, and everything will be exterminated. You don't know what you're doing! You have to stop this now!"

"Stupid boy," came the reply. "I don't care what you think or what will happen. As Lord Plague said, this planet will become the new true home planet of the Radam. You see, Earth is too far away from our main cluster of occupied planets. This warp portal will transport this planet such that it will be in the middle of the cluster. After all, the capital should be in the middle of an empire, shouldn't it?"

"You're crazy!" hollered Goku, shaking his head in disbelief. "All life would die. If this is the case, why would Bezel want to use this planet? Why not just pick an unoccupied…"

"It would be a way to kill you Saiya-jin as well, wouldn't it?" chuckled Omega. "Finally, Bezel will have completed his revenge on you all. Your kind disgusts him, and they disgust me as well. Your ancestors destroyed my ancestors, and I do not have much sympathy for you."

"I will stop you, Omega," the Saiya-jin seethed.

"I encourage you to try," came the mocking response.

"I'm honored, niisan," said Saber. "You came back to face me instead of returning with Miyuki."

"You saved my life back there," Blade admitted. "Coming back was the right thing to do."

"But I saved your life, just to take it from you…" Saber sneered, charging in. "… myself!"

Takaya growled, blocking the strike. "Why, Shinya? Why do you want to kill me so badly?"

"Because if I don't, I can't exist…" Saber said, and they interlocked lances again. "Growing up, you were always the favored twin. Father always considered you to be the dependable one between us, and I realized it most during our nature survival training before heading to space. Do you remember it, niisan?"

"Are you talking about that time…" Takaya narrowed his eyes. "The incident at the cliff?"

"Yes, precisely. During our hike on the hillside, there was a small rockslide, and you and I were hurtled down the slope. By a miracle, we managed to hang on to the edge of a cliff at the end of the slope, but we were hurt and couldn't pull ourselves up. Father ran to the edge and reached out. I thought he was going to offer his hand to you because he favored you, but then he called my name. I took hold of his hand and pulled myself up to safety, and I was happy that he wanted to save me first. But then… after that…"

"He didn't offer his hand to me," said Blade, remembering it. "He told me to pull myself up."

"Because he trusted your abilities to do it by yourself, while he didn't have faith in mine," replied Shinya, gritting his teeth. "That time, I realized he truly considered you better, and it stung me to the core."

Takaya narrowed his eyes, saying nothing as he continued to breathe hard. Shinya backed away.

"That's when I realized that if I didn't take things in my own hands, I would be in your shadow forever," Saber rasped. "Even if I wasn't Radam, I would have had a showdown with you to settle it all!"

"So you made it come to this…" Takaya said. "I wish you didn't… because one of us will die…"

"Living in your shadow… was like death itself anyway… This today… is for me to prove I have my existence… to prove that I'm alive… So no matter what… I will try my absolute best… to defeat you!"

"Shinya…" whispered Blade sadly, gripping his lance. This was it; Shinya had made up his mind.

"So get ready, niisan! And don't… hold back!" boomed Saber… only to burst forward with rage.

Firing his thrusters, Blade himself shot forward, and the two crossed, slashing the other with their lances. Takaya felt the wound on his shoulder, while Shinya grasped the cut on his chest – and then lost it.

Backing away, Shinya began to roar at the top of his lungs as a crystalline-red light burst out from his form and enveloped his body. Within seconds, protrusions from Shinya's armor appeared, and Saber himself grew somewhat in size. More spikes emerged from his facemask, and his armor became sharper as he grew a thin, scorpion like tail. Finally, his energy flared – he had adopted the true form of the Blastor II.

Without hesitating, Blade released the crystal-azure energy from his own body. His armor grew in size, thickening, and developed wing-like protrusions from his back. Power surged through his body, and blue energy blazed around his person. Saber watched in delight, for the ultimate showdown he desired had begun. The two Blastor II Tekkamen snarled before charging with incredible might, colliding with each other with nothing holding them back. As fate dictated, the final stage of their ultimate battle had begun…

"What the heck?" blurted Noal as he witnessed a black ellipse appear from nowhere and spread across the stratosphere above the Earth. It had quickly stretched for hundreds of miles, and it continued to expand at a frightening rate. The people inside the Blue Earth could only guess as to what it was, and they were determined to find out.

Despite the fact that the Kakujin cannon was destroyed, Noal could still make out the location of the Voltekker-Kame-hame-ha clash from space. As he approached closer towards the surface, he also noticed that the black void had stayed away from the region of the clash. Thinking quickly, he piloted the craft through that untouched section and lowered it to the ground, away from Vegita, Alena, Kenshin, and Saki. Those aboard then got a major shock upon noticing the monstrous Omega standing in the distance.

"Only Goku is fighting him," observed Shinjo, detecting the young man's chi instantaneously. Without any parting words, the Saiya-jin burst out from the ship and headed towards Vegita and Alena.

Aki watched with disapproval upon seeing her brother suddenly rush towards danger once again.

"Noal, take us there," ordered Aki, giving him a stern face. "And step on it."

"Are you crazy, Aki?" he replied, giving her a confused expression. "What can we do there?"

"You're questioning my directives?" she asked sharply as she looked sternly into his eyes. "Have you already forgotten that I am your Commander?"

"I refuse. We'll only get in the way," replied Noal stubbornly, truly wondering what they would possibly accomplish by heading into danger. His thoughts were distracted upon seeing another person head for the exit hatch. "Hey, Miyuki! Where do you think you're going?"

"I can't stand here and do nothing," she whispered. "I have to help them in any way I can."

"Wait!" yelled Aki, but it was too late. Miyuki had already transformed and left the craft.

"You see?" chided Aki. "A young girl like that is going off to fight while we're sitting here."

Noal shook his head in frustration but obeyed his superior's command.

"Go help Goku!" Shinjo ordered as he landed next to Alena, startling her. He quickly raised his palms and fired a sustained energy blast of his own, bolstering that of Vegita's and Alena's. "He's fighting that giant Tekkaman all by himself. I know he needs help, and I have a feeling that that monster is the creator of that void. You have to stop him, whatever it is."

"But I can't leave you and Vegita alone to counter this," she protested, only to hear another voice.

"I've rested enough," said Kenshin, pushing himself off the ground and standing between Shinjo and Alena. "I don't have enough strength to face Omega myself, but you probably do, Alena. Go help Goku. Shinjo, Vegita, and I can handle this blast from now on."

"Yes, and we've succeeded in destroying that cannon firing from the mother ship," said Shinjo.

"So that's why their attack softened all of a sudden," commented Kenshin, nodding his head at an unsure Alena. "You see? We have everything under control. Now go and help my cousin!"

"Okay," she said, looking wide eyed at the resilient boy. When he gathered his energy and released his blast, she withdrew her own technique and turned towards Omega in the distance. Moving away from the other Saiya-jin fighters, she covered herself with golden aura and shot off towards Goku.

Meanwhile, the three Saiya-jin she left behind struggled to push the Contact Point higher.

"Miyuki!" gasped Kenshin, noticing her step between Vegita and he. "What are you doing here?"

"Helping you, of course," she replied, charging several cells on her shoulders. Vegita looked on in surprise as a crystal-pink energy attack burst out from her and fused with theirs. She smiled to herself, for she knew that she was being of some use rather than being a detriment. She also knew that her blast would by no means turn the tide, but that was of no matter to her. She had to help.

"Be careful, Miyuki," whispered Kenshin, hoping that her body could sustain her blast.

"Damn!" yelled Goku angrily as he tried to regain his breath. He had attempted another head-on strike with Omega, but the monster had batted him away with a powerful stroke. Goku's body throbbed, but he pushed the sensation out of his mind. He powered up again and flew directly for Omega's facemask, hoping to tear through it. However, the Radam only chuckled, and he caught Goku in his hand. The Saiya-jin grunted as Omega tightened his fist, crushing him. However, Goku exploded with chi, which knocked the monster's fingers open, and the young man flew away several dozen meters to catch his breath.

'This is leading nowhere,' he thought, aware that all of his attacks had been ineffective. Yet, the frown on his face soon lightened as he felt a familiar chi approach. He had immediately recognized it, and he smiled as he saw his girlfriend's figure stop her flight and hover in the air next to him.

"Alena, you're supposed to be helping them out. Why did you…" he started but was interrupted.

"Shinjo is helping them now," she replied. "They should be okay now, but you certainly aren't."

"Fighting him is so useless," muttered Goku, frustrated at his performance. "You tear through him, and he regenerates. You fire a blast at him, and he flicks it aside. You attack him head on and you…"

"In short, you couldn't do anything," she said sharply. Goku looked sharply at his girlfriend.

"You make it sound as if you could," he replied, very annoyed. "Why don't you try and see?"

"Of course that wouldn't work," Alena shook her head. "You're stronger than I am, Goku."

"Then let's stop chatting and focus on what we have to do," he replied, feeling the stress saturate his mind. Alena's comments were not helping, either. "That void above is a portal that will pull this planet into another solar system. It isn't functional yet, but it will be once it finishes reaching the necessary size. Omega is controlling it, so we have to stop him before that happens."

"But Omega seems to be undefeatable," she replied, pondering his words. Flaring her aura around her body, she rushed in towards the Radam and unsheathed her sword. She realized that she wouldn't stand a chance, but she wanted to taste Omega's strength for herself. The Radam only chuckled as she approached, and he lashed out a fist. Alena dodged it and landed on it, drilling her sword through its armor. Omega growled and smashed her with his other fist, sending her body back towards Goku.

"That wasn't smart at all," a vexed Goku chided, catching her in flight. Alena only glared.

"I know what I'm doing, Goku," she responded, shrugging off the pain. "Have some faith."

"What are you talking about?" he replied, anger filling his voice. "You could have gotten hurt."

"You and Vegita still think I'm weak," she replied, frustrated. "So you should learn to trust me!"

"Trust you? I've done nothing but! When Kenshin wanted you dead, I defended you. And even then, you betrayed my very trust and murdered my grandmother!" he stung, immediately covering his mouth. Alena snapped her head towards him in shock, and guilt flooded through Goku's mind. He had never meant to hurt her, but despite of what he had said to her, she had taken Pan's life. Goku had tried to suppress any bitterness towards Alena, but the stress of the situation had broken his mental control. A look of irreparable, emotional distress spread across her face, and Goku felt terrible.

"I'm… I'm sorry, Alena," he whispered, noticing her crushed face. "I… I didn't mean to…"

"No, I thank you… Goku," she said, her voice quivering. "Now I know how you truly feel."

"Alena, I didn't want to hurt you, I swear," he said, wishing that he could turn back the clock. Alena didn't answer; she turned her head away as she wiped the solitary tear that rolled from her eye. Goku swallowed hard, knowing he had gone too far. He had been the only real support she had, and he had now done this to her. Goku could tell that she was wiping the wetness away, and he lowered his eyes.

'Thank you, Son Goku,' she said, fighting back more tears. 'You've helped me make my decision.'

'How hurtful a person could be,' he lamented, 'when he's filled by such anger and frustration.'

Both of them were snapped back to reality upon hearing a humming noise coming from Omega.

"I have gone easy on you two, but the time has come to seal our conquest of Earth," his voice boomed. Hundreds of power cells lit themselves on his torso before he continued. "You will not stop us, and you will not be able to stop my next attack. Prepare yourselves, you useless monkeys!"

Within seconds, a powerful, crystal-purple blast burst forth from Omega's body and headed right past Goku and Alena. The two Saiya-jin turned around and realized that they were not the true targets at all; rather, the blast was heading towards Vegita, Kenshin, and Shinjo, all of whom were completely incapable of defending themselves while engaging in their own battle. They were practically sitting ducks.

"Shit!" cursed Goku as he followed the head of the beam as fast as he could. Appearing in front of it, he desperately fired his own Kame-hame-ha blast and managed to hold it at bay with all of this strength. The blast continued to push forward, and Goku pushed harder against it. Alena appeared next to Goku and released a blast of her own, trying to push back Omega's enormous Voltekker attack. She turned her head and realized that Goku had cut it close – Vegita was only two hundred feet behind them.

'We're pinned,' thought a desperate Goku. 'If we move, Vegita and the others are history.'

Author Notes: Was what Goku said to Alena harsh? Also, the story of the cliff between Takaya and Shinya is directly modeled off of a similar story told in the Tekkaman anime (both boys had been pulled into a raging river instead of hanging off a cliff).

TheTiny: Yeah, that was low of Saber... though he is kind of sadistic. Yet, his primary goal is to beat Blade himself, and he won't let anyone else get in the way.

vpatel: Wow, man, hope you did okay on those exams. Thanks for reading! But don't let your academics suffer ;)

Rockie-chan: Doesn't look like Saber is going to turn. He's just too obsessed with beating Blade to do so.

KyLewin: True, Stake did seem kinda useless, though I purposely did that - it was almost like comedy, introducing a character and then just having him die off like that. Kinda like Darth Maul, hehe, though he did fight (and well at that). Although Stake did do his part by powering the nuclear cannon...

Rejhan: Glad you liked that chapter! Yeah, you have to feel a little sad for those guys; I mean, they did fight for Earth with their heart and soul before they were converted.