Disclaimer: The same as before

Chap. 7

Shenlong continued his assault on the Sol-Tekkas, leaving behind the fallen Space Knights. Sommer struggled to rise, but was too weak and fell back down. Man, he's strong. How can we stop that?

Inside the base, orders were being thrown around in order to stop Shenlong. It was then that a dark haired woman walked in, her hair covering over one of her eye slightly.

"What's the situation?"

One of the officers turned and answered her, "Lieutenant Noin, the enemy has breached our first wave of defense. Our second wave is fighting now, but they aren't faring well."

He's after the Taurus space Sol-Tekka suits. Zechs was right after all.

"Alright, I want you to have our forces move the enemy within the base zone, but not close to the base itself. I'll take care of it from there."

With that, Noin ran out and into the hanger bay where her Ares Sol-Tekka suit was waiting. She jumped into her Sol-Tekka and closed it behind her.

"Where is the enemy now?"

"The target is a couple of kilometers outside the base zone and moving in. Our forces won't be able to hold him for long."

 "Have the laser cannon prepped and ready."

"The laser cannon? But it can't be fully charged on the Earth."

"It doesn't matter. I just need one shot."

The Ares activated and moved to a hatch leading outside. On the side a large panel opened, holding a large laser cannon weapon. Noin grabbed it and shot out. Due to the weight of the cannon, the suit was a little slow. Nevertheless, Noin went around the zone of the battle and landed down. She then activated the cannon and sat in position. All I have to do now is wait.

Meanwhile, Shenlong continued to fight, unaware that Noin had set up her attack. This is too easy. He moved in toward the base and gotten within her line of sight. He saw a gleam of metal sparkle and he saw too late the cannon locked on him. She clutched the trigger and was about to fire when…

"I'll get you!"

One of the Leo Sol-Tekka's suddenly moved right into Noin's line of fire and grappled with Shenlong. Damn it! She held her fire, not wanting to kill one of her own men. Unfortunately, Shenlong noticed this.

"Too soft."

Shenlong suddenly wheeled the Sol-Tekka off and instantly shot toward Noin. Noin fired, but Shenlong easily dodged the blast and slashed down, damaging her Sol-Tekka. Shenlong looked down at her.

"You should have finished me when you had the chance. You're a weak soldier. I don't fight bleeding hearts or women."

He then moved away and resumed his attack, while Noin was stuck inside, trying to move the Sol-Tekka with the controls.

"Come on, move!"

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Meanwhile above, the lone carrier hold Dead watched the battle, unsure as to what to do. Duo watched from inside. He's attacking an OZ facility. That means he's a gundam too. But should I attack?

"Duo, take me down."

Duo's attention snapped, "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'll stop him."

Duo looked back and shrugged. Oh well. Guess there's no way around it.

"Let's…"

"No. Leave him to me."

A blue object flew above them, carrying a red figure on top. Dead and Duo held their position. Well this should be interesting, Dead mused to himself

Meanwhile, Shenlong finished the last of the OZ forces and again powers his voltekka. But before he could, another tekkaman confronts him. A red tekkaman...

Another woman. I don't have time for this.

The red tekkaman doesn't answer. Instead, she opened her lancer and attacked. Shenlong is surprised by the ferocity of the tekkaman and fights back. The two of them clashed in the air and Shenlong can't find a way to defeat her. That plus the fact that he's been drained from the previous fights is working against him. Damn, I can't stay and fight for long. And since she's a Space Knight, I can't actually harm her. He then sees the carrier holding the Taurus Sol-Tekka suits. Guess we'll have to cut this fight short.

Shenlong leaped out of the way of her next strike and powered his voltekka a third time. This time though, he was able to gather the energy and aim it at the carrier.

Voltekka!!!!'

A fiery red beam shot out and smashed into the plane, destroying it. His mission completed, Shenlong shot off into the air, leaving the battered Knights and the few surviving Sol-Tekka suits. Aki sees this and looks at the wreckage. So his target was the carrier.  She looked up at him. But why?

"We'll meet again."

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The Knights had returned to their base and reported themselves to the infirmary. Although they were battered and bruised, their injures weren't serious.

 "Who was that guy?"

Natasha rubbed her shoulder, "I don't know. All I do know is that he packs a serious punch."

David spoke up, "I don't think we had that kind of trouble since we fought you, Dead." He looked over at Dead, who made no indication of any sort.

Anita leaned back on the wall, "Do you think he's Radham?"

Natasha answered, "I don't think so. By the way he fought, he's definitely human."

"And this isn't the only one. There are more out there."

Duo, Quatre, Heero and Trowa were silent, but they all had questions of their own. Duo and Quatre were both thinking along the lines of 'How many more gundams are there? I thought I was the only one.' Trowa and Heero didn't seem to care, so long as they stayed out of their way.

Meanwhile, the Chief sat quietly in her office, deep in thought about the powerful tekkaman. She was fortunate that he was weakened as he was. She wasn't sure she would have been able to fight him at full power.

Why would a tekkaman want to destroy a military carrier? What were they holding? And what is OZ? I'm going to have to check back there for some answers.

"You wanted to se me, Chief?"

Aki looked up at Wufei, who had just entered her office. Perhaps I can get some from him.

"Where were you during the attack?"

"Working."

Aki didn't blink, "You were supposed to report back here when we signaled everyone."

Wufei kept his gaze, "I was too far away. The chief engineer had me ship some engine components from another base. By the time I returned, everyone had left."

Aki nodded. Honda did send him on that assignment. If it is him, that's the perfect alibi. I can't accuse him of something without definite proof.

"Thank you, Wufei. You may go."

Wufei quietly left and Aki was once again by herself.

I should check this in with D-Boy.

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Just outside…

Relena was returning home from school. Her father was still in the hospital so she decided to visit him before going home. The route to the hospital goes right by the Space Knight Command Center but at the moment, Relena wasn't interested. She just wanted to see if her father was okay. Passing by it, she looked out of the window. Her eyes drifted for awhile before it locked onto a familiar person.

Is that…Heero?

Relena watched at the young boy jumped onto a motorcycle and took off. Relena turned her head to watch and made a choice.

"Pagan, could you follow that motorcycle please?"

The elderly man looked and saw the cycle and the boy on it. He smiled. How sweet.

"As you wish, Miss Relena."

The pink limo turned and followed the motorcycle. Because of its speed, Heero was far away from them as he rode. Pagan was still able to track him, but kept his distance. They followed him all the way to a secluded road area.

"Stop here."

The limo stopped and Relena stepped out. The motorcycle was a good distance away on the floor, minus its rider. Relena walked into the woods and looked around for Heero. Why am I doing this? She continued to walk. I'm getting all riled up over a boy. But there's something about him. Her foot hit a tree root and she nearly fell, but regained her balance. This is stupid. I'm not some silly child. Besides, I have other things to worry about.

She was about to turn back when she heard a low rustling. Turning to it, she looked out and saw Heero, still holding the bag near a cliff. Below him, a military base was stationed a good distance away. Why is he here? Is he a soldier? No, that can't be right. He's a Space Knight. She continued to watch Heero lowered the bag and put it in a nearby bush. He then moved to the edge of the cliff and he suddenly jumped off. Relena was surprised and a crystal formed in Heero's hand.

"Tek-setta."

Heero's body glowed and he shot upward into the sky. As he did, his body began to change and transform. Armor plates formed inside the crystalline energy and it shattered revealing Heero in a new form.

"Wing Tekkaman."

Relena gasped. So it was him. She watched as the armored warrior flew straight into the base below. A second later, a large explosion shocks the area. Wing Tekkaman swooped through the base, catching it completely off-guard and showing no signs of slowing down in his assault. With his sword lancer in hand, Wing completely took out the bases laser cannon defenses. A few minutes later, several Targos Sol-Tekkas came out and fired their heavy quantum energy cannons. However, they couldn't match speed with the deadly tekkaman.

"Too slow."

Wing reeled around and struck down the first group with his lancer. In doing so, he caused the other to panic slightly and become disorganized. Wing tossed his lancer at one, impaling it and snapped his wire onto it. Landing on the ground, he flung the lancer around, destroying anyone foolish enough to get caught. The Sol-Tekkas began to retreat back into their base, but that soon proved to be a mistake as Wing took to the air once again and extended his arm. A cannon-like protrusion formed and glowed.

"Voltekka."

A beam of yellow light flew down and completely destroyed the base, leaving it in flames. The tekkaman surveyed the damage and laughed.

"Mission complete."

By the sidelines, Relena watched in complete shock. How could he do something like that? What kind of person is he? Wing hovered down and landed by the bush he started at. A brief glow surrounded him and he reverted back to normal. He then reached for his bag and put on the clothes that were inside. Relena nodded to herself and turned to leave without alerting attention, but she misplaced her footing and landed hard on the ground, causing her to moan involuntarily.

"Ufff!"

She quickly picked herself up, hoping that Heero hadn't heard her and moved away. She turned around to make sure, but didn't hear any sounds of pursuit. I guess he didn't hear me. Unfortunately, she turned back around and gasped. Before her was Heero, fully dressed and standing in her way.

And he was holding a gun on her...

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Now that Relena knows Heero's secret, he will stop at nothing to destroy her. However, OZ also wants to see her dead along with her father. With his dying breath, Minister Dorlian reveals Relena's own secret. Next on Gundam Tekkaman, Relena's secret.