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Chap. 13

New Edwards base.

(Deathscythe) I can't believe this. We were set up.

(Sandrock) We completely failed in this mission.

(Aki) Noventa. No.

(Sommer) What will happen now?

(Hiver) How terrible.

(Vesna) All of those people...dead.

Vesna gripped her lancer and suddenly charged at Wing. Wing didn't move as she smashed her fist in his face. As Wing lay there, Vesna stood over him, lancer pointed down at his throat.

"This is all your fault!"

Wing remained still as Vesna trembled with anger, he lancer inching closer to his neck. Sandrock came forward, but made no move to attack.

"Hey wait. We were tricked. We didn't know about this."

Vesna glared up and pointed her lancer at him. "Do you think that's an excuse?"

Sommer came in between them, "That's enough, Natasha. There's nothing to be gained by fighting here."

Shenlong shook his head at the scene, "He's right. We have to pick our battles." He then turned around. "I'm going for Trieze."

"Hey, wait..."

The dragon tekkaman ignored the call and shot through the air in the direction of the Trieze's shuttle, followed by Heavyarms. Deathscythe watched them fly away and called to the others.

"Come on, let's go. We can still catch him."

Sandrock helped Wing to his feet, "That's not wise. Our battle up until this point were to hit them when they least expect it. But they have the advantage now. It is wiser to wait."

"Wiser? I'll show you wiser!"

Deathscythe lashed his lancer scythe toward Sandrock. Sandrock merely stared down the serrated weapon.

"Do you really want to kill me?"

Deathscythe didn't move for a moment and then lowered his weapon, "I guess not. Huh?"

In the distance, they could see another army of Sol-Tekkas approaching them. Rounds of fire came at them.

"What? How many more are there?"

Sandrock looks at them as well, "We have to retreat."

Deathscythe and Sandrock dashed away from the fire, but Wing didn't budge as the fire hit him.

"Hey, Heero. Get out of the way."

"......."

As Wing took the torrent of fire and the other two gundams fought, the Space Knights watched.

Aki ordered, "We must go."

Hiver turned to her, "But Chief. We can't just leave them behind."

"We can't do anything for them now. They are on their own."

Vesna growled, "But we can't leave it like this after what they did."

"No choice. Now fall back."

"But Chief...!"

"Fall back, Natasha!" Aki rarely ever spoke in such a deadly tone and Natasha saw that she was not in the mood for an argument. Reluctantly, Vesna, along with Hiver, Sommer, Dead, and Aki all flew away into the sky and away from the battle, leaving the gundams behind.

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Elsewhere, Treize had exited his shuttle and was now on his private cruiser, surrounded by several battleships. He was currently listening to Lady Une's report on the coup de tat and their progress.

"We now have 68% percent control of all military bases worldwide. The remaining few will be taken before the week is out."

"That's good work."

"What shall we do about the gundams? They are still at the New Edwards Base."

Trieze answered, "I'll leave that to you."

A dark smile formed on her lips and she saluted, "Sir!"

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Meanwhile, unaware of the current situation and the plans against them, Sandrock and Deathscythe continue to fight to escape while Wing stood there motionless and taking the fire.

Deathscythe yelled as he slashed down another Sol-Tekka, "Come on buddy, move. Or you could at least give us a hand."

Wing didn't respond or move. A cannon beam hit him directly and he slammed into the ground. However, he still didn't move. He just lay there on the ground.

"Attention gundams. You're in danger."

"Huh?"

The voice came from a loudspeaker in the nearby base. Looking at the control booth, they saw a blond-haired woman standing there holding the speaker.

"Detonation devices have been set up to destroy you, along with this entire base."

"What?" Sandrock exclaimed

"Well if that's true, then let's get out of here." Deathscythe suggested.

"Please, I need your help. I need you to deactivate the device. It's in the bunker below you. I can't reach it, but you can shut it down."

"Hey lady, why should we…?"

"Mission accepted."

"What?"

They both turned, surprised to see Wing Gundam suddenly arise and take to the air. Taking out his lancer, he dove straight into the low bunker doors and into the missile silo.  Looking around quickly, he found the main detonation device. Switching back to human, Heero crawler through the access port and shut it down, just as the counter said 00:03. Crawling back out, he grabbed a technician's leftover clothes and walked out.

What a miserable mission. I screwed up.

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The fleet of ships sailed in tight formation. As they drove on, a sparkle of light appeared in the sky. It was followed by a torrent of energy beams.

"We're under attack! It's a gundam."

The orange tekkaman landed on one of the ships and instantly began it's attack, causing vast amount of damage as he demolished one ship after another.

Lady Une ordered from the command ship, "Send all available units."

The deck bays opened, revealing Cancer and Pisces Sol-Tekka units, designed for fighting in the water. But they had never faces an opponent like the Heavyarms and they were destroyed. During the fire fight, five of the ships moved away from the fleet, keeping one in the middle.

"It has to be that one. No question."

Suddenly, another light appeared in the sky, revealing a hidden Shenlong.

"It's another one. This one is heading straight for Trieze's ship."

"What?"

The dragon tekkaman quickly boarded one of the surrounding ships and trashed it, destroying the Sol-Tekkas before they were even mobile. Meanwhile, one of the Cancer Sol-Tekkas managed to knock Heavyarms into the water where several others awaited. But even in their own terrain, they were no match for the heavily armed tekkaman.

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"Is it ready?"

"Yes. And with this extra option, it should fly like an Aries."

"Good, as long as I can reach him."

Shenlong finished his assault on the nearby ships, singling out Treize's. He sees it pulling away from the rest of the fleet.

It has to be that one. He glances at his lancer. Let's go, Nataku.

Shenlong was about to fly at the ship when he suddenly hears a rushing sound behind him. Turning, he was tackled by a Leo Sol-Tekka with two giant boosters. The Sol-Tekka dropped the booster and stood over the tekkaman with its own saber-lancer.

"Going somewhere, gundam? You're not getting one step closer to Trieze."

Shenlong jumped up, "Nobody's going to stop me. Even you!"

The Sol-Tekka charged and struck down on Shenlong. Shenlong raised the weapon to block, but the attack was a feint and Une switched the weapons path, striking down on the right shoulder. Shenlong stepped back and Une continued the assault.

"Die!"

Her saber came down again, pinning the gundam down.

"I must say, for a woman, you use that thing impressively. But…"

Shenlong suddenly rushed upward, knocking her back. She raised her weapon, but Shenlong spun the lancer and sliced of the mechanical hand and sword. In a rage, Une punch him, but he stood there unfazed.

"As I said, you can't stop me. Step aside."

Suddenly, the ship Shenlong had been chasing honked its horn, signaling him. Shenlong looked as the ship reverse course and came toward them.

"Lady Une. Leave him to me."

"Mr. Trieze?"

Shenlong ignored her and shot toward the ship. He landed on the top where Trieze stood. Trieze simply waited for him, a sword in his hand.

"I accept your challenge." Shenlong glowed and was replaced with his human form. His hand still held the lancer, only now it had changed into a sword, "My name is Wufei."

"Trieze Khuzrenada."

Their swords crossed and Wufei charged. Trieze simply backed away and block the boy's strikes. Trieze then slashed out and Wufei leapt up, his feet hitting the ceiling and causing him to shoot down in a slicing attack. However in the last minute, Trieze sidestepped the attack and twirled his sword to meet Wufei's neck. Wufei was unable to get away and he realized he lost.

"Finish it."

Trieze regards the boy and then removes his sword.

"It was a good fight."

Wufei warned him, "If you don't, I come back to get you."

"I hope so. I'll look forward to dueling with you again."

Wufei growls, but silently transforms and leaves the ship. Heavyarms has finished fighting the remaining Sol-Tekkas and emerges out of the water to see Shenlong flying away.

"Have you completed your mission?"

Shenlong says nothing as he suddenly curved and dives into the sea.

"I see. Let's just drop it."

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Unknown Alliance Base.

"Thank you for helping me out."

"No problem. But are you sure that was the right thing to do?"

"An old friend asked for a favor. I owe him. All of them actually."

"They must be good friends."

"Sure are, Sally."

"Well, I better get going. Things are going to get hot out there."

"Yeah. I have some work to do myself. Be careful out there."

"Same to you, Fera. Or should I be calling you Milla now?

"Fera will do for now."

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OZ continues its domination of the Earth. While the gundams are shattered all over, Zechs uses the Tallgeese Sol-Tekka. However, the suit may be more than what he can handle as he seeks to reclaim his hometown, the Sank Kingdom. Next on Gundam Tekkaman- Portrait of a Fallen Country.