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Chap. 5

As Relena leaves, high above them Aki watches her. Her emerald hair bristled in the wind as she drove away. Behind her, Honda approaches her.

"What is it?"

"Why would the daughter of the Vice Foreign minister be interested in the Space Knights? Or more importantly, the tekkamen?"

Honda stood next to her, "Curiosity, perhaps. It wouldn't be unusual for a young girl to want to know more about the Space Knights. Besides, when is that a crime?"

"No, not that. Call it a hunch, but I think she was looking for something."

Honda turned to leave, "Well it doesn't look like she found it." As he walked out, Aki remained where she was at.

But that won't stop her from looking.

Sahara Desert...

Two jet fighters flew over the sands. David with Hayato as pilot and Natasha with Quatre as pilot.

"So what are we looking for?" Hayato asked.

"You'll know when you see it." Natasha answered. "Just keep a look out."

The two fighters continued to skim over the sands. Then, ahead of them, they saw it.

"Tekkapods."

Suddenly, several objects moved from around the pods. A swarm of Radham came straight at them.

David smirked, "And here I thought this would be easy."

"Can it, David. Let's just go to work. Hayato, Quatre, back us up."

Both boys nodded, "Roger."

"Teksetta!!!!!"

Two beams of light flew out of the two ships. Each one landed on top of their respective carriers in their transformed form.

"Tekkaman Vesna!"

"Tekkaman Sommer!"

The two tekkamen got to work, slashing through the Radham as they fought while the two fighter jets fired their laser beams, adding to the damage. The Radham fought back, but they were no match for them. After destroying a considerable amount...

"Let's finish this, David."

"Way ahead of you."

Both of them opened their voltekka cells.

"Voltekka!!!!!

Both of them fired massive beams of light, destroying both the Radham and the tekkapods below.

"Mission complete."

Hayato suddenly called out, "Wait. I'm picking up a temporal disturbance."

"Same here. A warp hole is opening."

A huge black hole formed before them and a horde of Radham swooped out of it. And even worse, six new shapes appeared before them.

"Oh, no. Radham tekkamen."

Six alien tekkamen accompanied the swarm of Radham and attacked. Vesnar and Sommer were hammered back.

"Don't worry. We're coming."

Hayato and Quatre flew in and fired, but the tekkamen nimbly dodged the fire. Two of them fired their voltekka and the blasts hit Hayato's ship, sending it crashing into Quatre's

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

"Hayato! Quatre!"

The two ships crash landed into the sand and stopped. Quatre forced his way out and pulled out Hayato, who was unconscious. Turning his attention upward, he could see Vesna and Sommer in a fierce battle. Quatre dragged Hayato to the side and opened the comm-link.

"Command Center. We need backup."

Aki's voice came over, "We're on our way. We'll arrive in 5 minutes."

Quatre looked up, They'll never last that long.

Meanwhile, Sommer was rammed by one the Radham. While he was stunned, one of the tekkamen latched a wire to his arm. Then the second one grabbed hold of his leg. Vesna flew in to assist, but she was blocked off by a horde of Radham. She was helpless to help Sommer as he was being stretched out.

"Grrrrraaaahhhhhhh!!!!!"

"David!"

Sudenly, a thin light flashed across one of the tekkamen and it was sliced in half. Sommer managed to get himself out of the wire and move out of the way.

"Thanks Natasha."

"That wasn't me. Look."

Sommer turned his head and was surprised by what he saw. In the air beside him was a yellow and white tekkaman. One of its arms was widened into a shield and in both of his hands were two large, wickedly curved lancers. The tekkaman suddenly jumped up and ran his blade through the next tekkaman, slicing it to pieces. Sommer and Vesna watched as he effortlessly took the Radham down one by one.

"Who is that?"

"I've never seen a tekkaman like that."

The few remaining Radham continued their assault on the new tekkaman. He managed to block the attacks with its shield arm. He was about to restart his assault when a slew of energy beams shot out, blasting the Radham to bits. Turning around, he saw another tekkaman, Tekkaman Heavyarms.

What? That tekkaman...

Heavyarms continued his assault, preventing the Radham from taking flight while the first one continued its own attack, hacking down any of them that came close. In no time, all the Radham were destroyed and the two tekkamen were left facing each other

The unknown tekkaman put away his blades, "My name is Sandrock. Who are you?"

The only response was Heavyarms charging toward him. Sandrock was surprised by this and Heavyarms pulled out a short-bladed lancer. Sandrock defended with his shield and wrapped his arm around Heavyarms, locking it and forcing him to drop his lancer. Not giving up, Heavyarms launched his knee at him, but Sandrock continued to hold. Heavyarms then launched his fist but Sandrock managed to catch it, putting them in a locked grip. The two tried to overwhelm the other.

This isn't right.

Their grip increased and they struggled with each other. Sandrock suddenly began to loosen.

It's not.

Suddenly, Sandrock's eyes shimmered and glowed. Heavyarms eyes glowed as well and his grip loosed as well.

"So it's you." Heavyarms said telepathically

"Yes it's me."

Sandrock turned his head to see the other Space Knights approaching.

"We'll talk later. Right now, cover your eyes."

The left arm started to glow and a bright light obscured their view. Sommer and Vesna covered their eyes as the bright light blinded them. When the light faded, the two tekkamen were gone. At the same time, the Blue Earth 2 landed and Yumi, Duo and Anita came out.

"Are you two alright?"

"Yeah, we're okay. We were saved by two other tekkamen."

Duo took in the information. Two others? How many are there besides me?

"We'll talk about it later. We have to check on Quatre and Hayato."

Meanwhile, by the crashed ships, a glow materialized next to the corner of the ship. A human figure reached inside and quickly put on some clothes. Stepping out, human figure checked on Hayato. Good. He's going to be alright. That was a close call.

With that, Quatre walked out and waved at the approaching Knights...

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Zechs is able to confirm the possibility of five gundams and takes steps to find the fifth one before it attacks. Meanwhile the Space Knights wonder about the new tekkamen and encounter the fifth one. However, the situation is more than it seems. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: Five Gundams Confirmed.