Author: Nadz
Email: vegitto02 at yahoo dot com
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DragonTek (Part V: The Destiny Saga)
Chapter 73 - Sacrifice
"Thanks, you two…" Vegita whispered as he saw Goku and Alena blocking Omega's Voltekker blast. To his right, Kenshin, Shinjo, and Rapier focused on their own attacks, almost oblivious to what had happened. They were barely managing for the time being, for Kenshin was far from one hundred percent. Vegita was easily the strongest of the four, but even his strength was draining. The worst part was that Vegita noticed several more Tekkamen approach the Contact Point.
"Finally, you arrived," barked Bezel as he looked at the newcomers. "You're very late!"
"Our apologies, Lord Plague," the leader of the group replied. They were a dozen Tekkamen, consisting of two warriors from each of garrisons one through six. With their arrival, all the Tekkamen warriors on the planet had arrived on location; not a single one remained elsewhere. Without being told, they joined their comrades and charged their own cells, and thus a dozen more Voltekker blasts combined with the enormous, fused Voltekker blast that continued to smash into the Contact Point. They were only twelve Tekkamen, but it was enough to deal a significant blow – the Contact Point sank over fifty meters.
Shinjo cursed, for the resisting four warriors felt the added pressure. Normally, they would be able to withstand a mere twelve blasts, but those twelve had put the Radam's attack above the defensive threshold of the four, allowing a severe drop in the height of the Contact Point. The Contact Point only lay five hundred feet above them, and they struggled to prevent it from falling further. Alena and Goku, less than two hundred feet away, both continued to struggle against Omega's Voltekker blast.
"This is too much!" yelled Goku, continuing his counter. 'I can't give up. I can't give up! Hang with it, Alena. Please don't be distracted by what I had said to you. We've got to protect them!'
'How stupid of me to think that you were always alright with whatever had happened,' whispered Alena, absorbed in her own world as she maintained her beam. 'You kept saying that it wasn't my fault, but now I know how you really feel deep within. I was too naïve to accept your words, and I did not see how hurt you really were and how hard you tried to suppress your true feelings of anger towards me. I took away somebody very dear to you, Goku. I took away Pan-obaasan, and I crushed your heart… your family. I now know how angry you are with me, but I thought you understood me, Goku. But I understand you now, Goku. I know that you will never look at me the same way again… that we will never be the same together. Everything has changed, and so have we.'
It was almost like a dream; it was hard to believe this was reality. Two brothers who had grown up together now battling each other with a ferocity that exceeded all others – it could not be true. Two brothers, who had reached the pinnacles of their strengths… had reached the nadirs of their humanities upon every blow and every strike. It was a true battle, one without words but filled with raw emotions.
The two plowed the other into sections of the Orbital Ring, hoping to corrode the other's body with the friction of the solid metal. They punctured each other with their pointed weapons, drawing the blood that had represented their own relation. They fought viciously as they pushed against each other across miles in space, almost unaware of the black void spreading within the atmosphere below.
With each swing, they hoped to end the other's existence. With each parry, they hoped to preserve their own. Their battle was one between two warriors of greatness, and both were filled with great hatred – hatred towards what the other had become. They slashed at each other once again, opening more wounds on their skin beneath their armor. Yet, their physical injuries did not debilitate their will, and they crashed down through the back of the void and down onto the Earth's surface, wishing to end their savage battle in the country that had given them birth. One of them would die in this battle; he would die in his homeland.
"No! Almost giving out," whispered Goku, still putting all he had. Alena too was struggling to her maximum. Yet, it was no good; Omega was too strong. The energy he had absorbed from the hives, which themselves were powered with the energy of Goku and Vegita, had fortified him to an unstoppable level of power. Goku and Alena released more energy, but Omega responded by unleashing another wave of strength in his blast. The two Saiya-jin were pushed backwards several dozen feet, and they gasped upon seeing the black void above their heads flicker excitedly.
"The portal is one minute away from completion," chuckled Omega. "Now witness your death!"
"There's no way to stop it," grumbled Goku frustratedly under his breath. "The end is near…"
"Keep trying," answered Alena, still stuck in her gloomy thoughts as she resisted with her best.
The two only heard the maniacal laughter of the Radam Warlord, who maintained his assault.
"Do you like how my Voltekker blast was merely a distraction?" he bellowed, lighting the eyes on his enormous facemask. "It was the only thing I could think of to keep you out of my way. I can easily maintain my concentration on the portal while putting forth an energy attack. And now, it is complete!"
Goku and Alena gasped as the looked up into the sky. The black void that had spread across the stratosphere began to flash violently, only to become even blacker than before. Lavender streaks of lighting and electricity surged throughout its interior, and soon they felt the ground beneath them shudder violently. They looked on fearfully at the reality about to occur; the void was pulling Earth into it. The atmosphere would be destroyed, along with all life with it. There would be no air for them to breathe, and they too would perish with the rest of the aerobic organisms on the planet.
'I have to stop this at all costs,' whispered Alena desperately in her mind. 'Even if it means…'
"NO!" shrieked Goku, who continued to feel the ground shake underneath this feet. "STOP!"
"You have failed!" laughed Omega, feeling the winds blow violently as the atmosphere underwent a severe disturbance. Omega had placed the portal directly in the orbital path of the Earth, so the Earth was not immediately thrown out of orbit. However, his portal simulated an enormous mass, thereby emanating a colossal gravitational force on the planet. The shuddering of the planet was a result of this unfathomable gravitational pull; the void was virtually accelerating Earth's motion along its orbital path. The surface itself had become unstable, and the atmosphere was suffering. Massive winds blew in the sky, and people around the globe felt disastrous effects. Earthquakes occurred in certain areas, buildings were toppled, and cities were leveled by the tornadoes and tsunamis ripping through them. The end of the world had come.
"There's only one way to stop him now," whispered Alena, catching Goku's attention. The young woman swallowed hard as she turned towards her beloved and continued, "There's only one way to stop him, and I'm ready to do it… for you, our families, and our planet."
"Wait…" he trailed off, having a good idea of what she was thinking. "You're not going to…"
"If I don't, everything that we treasure will be destroyed," she said sadly, giving him one final glance. Alena smiled softly and let a tear of her own roll down her cheek. His face was completely ashen.
"No… you can't leave me," he begged, his mind racing to say anything to stop her. "Don't do it!"
"I'm sorry, Goku," she whispered. "I've only caused you pain. A little more will save you all…"
"NO!" he yelled, desperately looking at the girl that he loved. "Don't do it, Alena! Please, no!"
"Good-bye… my love…" she whispered, enveloping her body with golden aura. Goku, now totally pinned by Omega's blast, could do nothing but scream for her as she bolted around the purple beam and hurtled towards the titan like a menacing bullet, gathering more energy than her body could handle.
'I will kill you… I will kill you for what you all made me do…' she swore. 'Goku… Knowing your true feelings made my decision very easy. I know I'm not wanted in this world anymore, but there is one last thing I want to show you before I leave you forever… I want to show you that I have compassion and humanity… by saving you all from this hell… with my death… as a sacrifice… Live a full life, Goku… Life a full life… And don't look back…'
"DIE!" Alena yelled as she plowed through Omega's armor and ripped into his abdomen. Alena shrieked as she charged her body far greater than its safest maximum limit, with tremendous pain searing through her every nerve and muscle. The electricity from her aura scorched her flesh, and tears of agony streamed down her face as her organs burned. With a flash, she detonated inside the monster's body.
Goku shrieked in grief, tears streaming down his face as he witnessed the colossal explosion burst from Omega's person. The Radam's Voltekker blast disappeared completely, and Goku's continuous Kame-hame-ha immediately smashed into the Warlord's figure. Unable to control his anger and emotional devastation, the Saiya-jin unleashed his strongest wave of energy ever. The blast smashed into Omega and curved upwards, forcing the giant up through the atmosphere and straight into the black, crackling void.
"ALENA!" Goku yelled, but nothing could be changed. The enormous fireball from her suicidal detonation continued to expand and tear through the entirety of Omega's body, causing the Radam himself to shriek in pain. Then, the void began to pull the Warlord into itself, and the fireball ate through the rest of his figure. Within seconds, Omega exploded violently and grandly within the void that trapped him. Every portion of him was vaporized, and every piece of his being was destroyed. Without him there to control it, the enormous portal rapidly collapsed into itself completely, and it faded into nothingness soon thereafter…
"She's gone! SHE'S GONE! …WHY? …WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME ALONE LIKE THIS?" screamed Goku as he collapsed to the ground, which had ceased trembling. The Saiya-jin buried his head in his hands and cried heavily, his heart broken. Her death had saved the entire planet, but such a rational thought could not fight the irrationality that raced through his grieving mind. Vegita, Kenshin, Miyuki, and Shinjo were still struggling in their own battle a small distance behind him, but all he could do was mourn.
"Alena…" whispered Vegita as tears escaped from his eyes as well. 'You took away the life of our mother, and I said I would never forgive you for it. But now, you've left us. You chose to destroy yourself in order to save us. I take back everything I have felt and thought. I love you, my sister…'
'She died for us,' thought Shinjo, also saddened. 'She destroyed my men, but she died for us.'
'You destroyed my family, Alena,' Kenshin swallowed hard. 'But I didn't spare you so you could go and kill yourself. What am I saying? I should stop thinking so selfishly. You saved us all, and what you did was the only thing you could come up with. Your sacrifice allowed the rest of us to live…'
'That bitch killed him…' rasped Plague, stunned as another portion of his plan crumbled. 'She actually destroyed him! The Kakujin Genshihou is gone, the portal is gone, and Omega has perished…'
"Alena!" whispered Goku, on his knees and smashing his fists on the ground as his tears continued to flow. Contorting his face, he raised his hands again, ready to plow through the dirt before him. Yet, he could not, for somebody had gently seized his wrists…
"She died for you all," said a gentle voice from behind. "Crying about it won't help your friends."
"Impossible…" whispered Goku Jr., opening his eyes and snapping his head upwards.
"If you really love her," the soft voice continued, "then get up and fight."
"You…?" Goku whispered as the grip on his fists was released. The Saiya-jin quickly turned around and looked up at the figure of the warrior standing tall and proud before him. "You're alive…"
"She loved you and sacrificed herself to show it… In return, achieve victory for her."
"Grandfather… Goku!" whispered Goku Jr. as he sat backwards. Kakarotto stood sternly in front of his great-great grandson and nodded, motioning for the young man to stand up on his feet. Goku Jr. quickly obliged and wiped the tears from his cheeks and eyes.
"I will win," Goku Jr. said, feeling his courage return. "But tell me how you're alive."
"Now is not the time," said Goku Sr., shaking his head. "I will explain later."
With those words, Goku Jr. nodded and prepared to fly towards Vegita, only to be stopped.
"Wait," said Goku Sr., appearing in his path. "Your energy is spent, and you don't have enough strength to help them. What were you possibly going to achieve by rushing in?"
"I…" whispered Goku Jr., realizing that his counter to Omega's blast had almost completely drained him of stamina and power. "Then how do I help them? Tell me, Goku-sama…"
"I will teach you the technique you need to be triumphant," Kakarotto said, his expression lightening as he looked into the confused face of his descendant. "I will teach you the Genki Dama (Spirit Bomb)."
"No!" Shinjo yelled, for the Tekkamen above had released another wave of energy, pushing down against the Contact Point. Miyuki herself stopped firing and fell backwards next to Saki, and her armor disappeared from her own exhaustion. Vegita cursed, and the three remaining resistors felt their energy levels at next to depletion. Bezel, stunned by Omega's death, growled as he prayed for a miracle.
"I will not let you Saiya-jin win!" growled Plague as he flew up above the Contact Point and gathered energy in his palms. With a yell, he unleashed a powerful energy wave, easily pushing the Contact Point seventy meters downwards. Those on Earth gasped in shock upon seeing Bezel's power, and Vegita strained himself to his ultimate maximum. Golden aura burned around Vegita and Kenshin, and all three of them were pushed down and almost brought to their knees as they struggled their best to counter.
"Burn in hell!" shrieked Bezel, firing his attack with vindictiveness and intense rage.
"T… teach me the Genki Dama?" asked Goku Jr. "Are you kidding? There's no time for that!"
"I know," nodded Kakarotto, looking over at the struggling warriors. "So you better learn it fast."
"They're going to get killed if I don't do something now! Teaching will just waste more time!"
"They will hold on," Goku Sr. shook his head, keeping his smile. "They will survive."
"Goku-sama…" Junior protested. "Instead of teaching it to me, why don't you do it yourself?"
"This is your war, not mine," came the reply. "You are the ones responsible for Earth now."
"Is that your reason?" Junior scowled, his voice growing angry. "Are you telling me that you've just been watching from the sidelines even though you could have destroyed them all this time?"
"I think you got it," Senior nodded. "But I did it for a good reason."
"Reason? What reason?" Junior barked. "Millions of people died while you watched! Our families died while you watched. Pan-obaasan was killed because you watched! And Alena… Alena…"
"Alena had all her suicidal emotions building up inside of her," came Goku Sr.'s soft reply, his smile fading. "Even if she didn't take her own life today, her guilt would have made her do it later. Sacrificing herself was the only form of repentance she could think of. Her death was inevitable."
"I… I can't believe you," Junior's eyes flashed. "I thought we could depend on you."
"Depend on me?" Senior shrugged. "Is that how you want to be – always dependent on others?"
Junior lowered his eyes, his clenched fist shaking as his face flushed with embarrassment.
"Do you think I got to where I was by depending on others?" Kakarotto frowned, placing a hand on the youth's shoulder. "To win, you can't depend on anything but your own abilities, and I'm ready to teach you what you need in order to do that. But if you want to keep on complaining, I'll just leave."
"No…" Junior shut his eyes tight, only to subside his frustration. "Please… teach me…"
Kakorotto's lips turned into a small smirk as he removed his hand from the boy's shoulder.
"Now listen to me very carefully and do exactly as I say," he instructed, and Goku Jr. nodded. "First, relax your body and stand up straight. Place your feet somewhat apart and look forward."
"Okay," said Goku Jr., who followed he instructions precisely. Goku Sr. nodded in approval.
"Good, now raise your arms up into the air and make your palms face the sky," Sr. said.
"Like this?" questioned Goku Jr., going through the motions. His ancestor again approved.
"The hardest thing is keeping focused," instructed Goku Sr., clearing his throat. "The true power of the Genki Dama lies not in your own strength but in the power that comes from all the other living things. Picture a type of living thing in your mind, and project your wish through your chi all over the planet. Ask them for their energy, and they will give it to you."
"You will need this first," Kakarotto said, placing his palm on his descendant's forehead. Goku Jr. gasped as a sudden white light flashed briefly before his eyes, and he soon felt his mind buzzing gently. Kakarotto only chuckled, "Now you have the power to call out to the creatures of this planet."
"But… what organisms should I get the energy from?" wondered Goku Jr. aloud, only to gasp in realization. "Of course, the spore plants! They must be full and rich of energy! They've drained energy from the soil, the sun, and everything else. They would be the perfect organisms to ask!"
"Very good," smiled Kakarotto, giving a slight nod. "Those spore plants have spread all over the world, haven't they? Originally, I told you to ask them for energy. However, we have to get rid of them eventually, so I want you to seize their energy from them. Concentrate hard on a single spore plant and imagine yourself drawing out its strength. Envision yourself collecting its strength and placing that power at a single point above and between your outstretched palms."
"Yes," replied Goku Jr., closing his eyes and focusing on spreading his chi out from his body. In his mind, he imaged a solitary pod; he began to picture its energy, and he visualized that energy emanating from the pod in tiny spheres of energy. Within seconds, spheres began to form around the millions of spore pods surrounding the planet. The harder Goku Jr. concentrated, more spheres appeared. Billions of these small drops of energy, all around the world, floated high into the air and proceeded towards a solitary point – a point below which stood a young man calling out for them.
'Very good, Son Goku,' gleefully whispered Kakarotto in his mind. 'After one hundred ten years, the Genki Dama will be reborn.'
Author Notes: Alena finally does it... :( Let me know your thoughts...
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