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Chap. 19

Relena returned to her mansion after her brief visit with the Space Knights. Her conversation with D-Boy revealed that there was a lot more going on in the world than she ever thought possible. Why must humans always fight with one another? Is it not enough that the Radham continue to attack us without warring among ourselves? She was deep in thought as she exited the vehicle and walked into her house. Too much in thought that she didn't notice her mother standing by the doorway.

"There you are, Relena. I thought you would miss your party."

Relena blinked, "My party?"

Mrs. Dorlain gave a half laugh, "It's your birthday today, remember? All the guest are already here."

Relena blinked again, "Oh, my. I've forgotten." Ever since father…

Mrs. Dorlian noticed the look on Relena's face, "If you want, I can call it off."

Relena shook her head, "No. I should attend. It is my birthday after all and everyone is already here, so there's no sense in disappointing them. And Father would want me to enjoy it."

Mrs. Dorlain smiled and went back inside. Relena moved to follow, but a shadow caught the corner of her eye. Turning in, she saw a familiar figure enter stealthy into the house. Changing direction, Relena followed.

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Heero hid himself in one of the room in the mansion. He growled as he examined his arm. The burn was mostly healed, but it was still slowing him down. He couldn't afford to slow down, but he didn't have a choice. He had to wait until he was fully healed. But then what? What is the condition of the colonies? Are they under OZ control now? He needed to find out before he did anything.

"Are you here to kill me Heero?"

Heero swiftly whipped around. Relena stood across from him in the room. Without another breath, Heero whipped out his gun and pointed it at Relena. However, she wasn't fazed in the least.

"I met with Dr. J."

Heero blinked in surprise. Relena saw this and moved closer to him. Heero raised the gun until it was pointed right on her chest at point-blank range.

"So even you can be surprised." Relena continued. "Ever since I met you, it's been me who get constantly surprised by you. There is no purpose in killing me now. There is a party going on downstairs and I don't think you want a commotion."

Heero glared slightly, but did or said nothing. Relena glanced down on his arm to find the large burn still etched in it.

"That needs to be looked at." Relena strode over to the bathroom connected to the room and grabbed a cloth. Wetting it, she walked back over to Heero.

"Give me your arm."

Heero raised the gun to her forehead, but she was still unfazed.

"If you still want to kill me afterward, then you can. But you don't need any handicaps right now."

Heero frowned inwardly at this, but he knew that she was right. Lowering his arm, he let Relena wrap the blue cloth tightly around his arm. As she did...

"My party begins in a few minutes. Might as well stay and enjoy it." She finished wrapping it and stood back a bit. "It would be less suspicious if you left that way. At least until the dance is over." Relena then bent down in a curtsy leave a stunned Heero trying to figure her out.

"Fine then."

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"So you want to join the circus?"

Trowa stood in front of a circus's ringmaster. After the last battle, he wanted to find a way into space without getting noticed. The circus was moving to one of the colonies at that time, thus providing him with a path. All he had to do was get hired.

The ringmaster eyed Trowa warily, "Got experience?"

Trowa silently handed him a paper and the ringmaster read it. A slight scowl formed on his face, "This doesn't tell me any..."

He was interrupted when Trowa had walked over to one of the lion cages and stuck his hand in. The beast roared, but Trowa didn't move.

"Hello." he said softly.

The lion growled a little more before stopping and cautiously move downward Trowa. When close enough, Trowa rested his hand on the lion's head and rubbed it softly. The lion let out a low purr as it enjoyed the petting. The ringmaster was speechless and Trowa answered his unsaid question.

"Beasts only bear their fangs at enemies. They're true to their feelings."

The ringmaster finally came out of his stupor and his scowl returned to his face, "Anyway...Trowa, we lift off in 1 hour. If you're not on board, then kiss your job here goodbye."

The ringmaster left and Trowa stopped petting the lion. From above, a young woman had noticed Trowa's display with the lion.

"Mysterious kid."

She leapt down from where she was, "Hey there. Nice to meet you."

".........."

"Hm, the strong silent type, huh? Well, that's okay. Oh, my name is Katherine. Katherine Bloom."

Trowa looked up at her, but remained quiet. Katherine shrugged and began to walk away where he spoke.

"Trowa Barton."

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Meanwhile, Relena had gone down to the party. With her, Heero walked down the stairs behind her. When her mother asked who he was, Relena simply answered that she had invited him from school and had spilled a drink on his jacket, so she let him borrow one of her father's. In truth, Heero was wearing the entire suit, but Relena's mother didn't noticed and welcomed him. Heero avoided contact throughout the party, waiting for an opening for him to leave quietly without anyone noticing. Unfortunately, there weren't enough people for him to leave, so he was pretty much stuck. It was then that the dance music came up. Several of Relena's male classmates asked to dance, but she declined their offers and took Heero's hand. Heero followed, slightly annoyed but having little choice in the matter. Deciding to go along with it, he took hold of her waist and the two of them danced in the center. As they did, they had a whispered conversation.

"Heero. I know too much about you. Are you still going to destroy me?"

"Yeah." was the short reply.

Relena continued, "I didn't want to die without any answers. But now it's different. Now I know how you feel when you fight. And that's because, I'm on your side now."

Heero blinked in surprise. "On my side?"

It was then that his tekkaset glittered on his forehead. Relena saw it and watched as Heero's head snapped up.

"Heero?"

"Radham.

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On the waters outside of the city, five objects fell from the sky and into the water. The object arose and was revealed to be Radham tekkamen. The leader waved his arm out and they all flew toward the city.

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Space Knight Command Center

"Space Knights, move out."

"What about Yumi?" Hayato asked.

She's going to stay in this time." Aki answered. She then added, "Hayato, you will pilot with Dead."

Hayato cringed slightly, much to Dead's hidden amusement. Nevertheless, he saluted, "Yes, Chief."

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The Radham reached the city and suddenly began firing on it. Buildings began to topple over as they made their way through the city. At Relena's house, the guest began to panic and scramble out of the house in order to avoid the destruction. In the midst of it, Heero stepped out into the back, with Relena following him. Ignoring her completely, he took out his crystal and raised it.

"Tek-Setta!"

Relena covered her eyes as the crystal's light engulfed Heero as he shot into the air. Armor began encasing the young boy as he went through his transformation into...

"Tekkaman Wing!"

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OZ HQ

"We have confirmed the appearance of Radham activity in the JAP point, Asia area." The soldier paused briefly. "Wait. Surveillance has also picked up something else."

The commander came over to him. "More tekkamen?"

"Just one. It's a gundam!"

The commander wasted no time, "Send all available units to that area immediately."

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The Radham tekkamen continued their assault on the city. People from all around scattered away from the alien invaders. But unbeknownst to the Radham, an object was approaching them fast. Two of them sensed the object and turned around, only to be vaporized by a bird-like energy wave. The energy bird flapped its wings and flew upward before stopping and revealing its true self. Wing Tekkaman.

"Kill..."

The remaining three swarmed up to the gundam tekkaman and in response, Wing unsheathed his sword lancer. He charged and clashed with the first one, pushing it away. The second came up from behind and stabbed out with it lancer. Wing sensed it at the last second and sidestepped, causing it to miss totally. Then he spun himself around and slashed at the Radham, cutting off its arm. The alien creature screamed in pain and Wing slashed again, cutting it in half. Wing's eyes then shimmered as he turned to his next targets.

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Blue Earth 2

"Chief, it's Heero. It must be him."

"I feel him too. We better hurry."

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The two remaining Radham didn't wait for Wing to come as they charge to him first. Wing noticed the change, and went straight toward them. His wing protrusions shot open on his back and he went even faster. The Radham didn't expect that and he flew right pass them. Wing then turned around and shot his wire out. The wire hooked around one of the tekkamens arm and Wing pulled him in. The tekkaman turned only to be impaled and sliced through. Now with one left, Wing opened his wings again and charged...

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The Space Knights just arrived to see him bear his blade down on the last tekkaman, decapitating it. Wing hovered down to the ground, seemingly tired. The knights landed as well and began to approach him. But a loud scream halted their advance.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"

Wing suddenly screamed and clutched his head, appearing to be in serious pain.

"Uggghhh!!! What's...happening? Ahhhhhhhh!!!"

The Space Knights watched as Wing continued to scream and hold his head. Aki watched and then gasped. Oh no. He has a...

"The gundam is down. Prepare to seize the target."

From above, the OZ forces arrived and came in toward the downed tekkaman.

"No wait! Don't go near him!" Aki warned.

But the OZ soldiers paid no attention to her as they moved in close to the gundam. It was at that moment that Wing stopped screaming and simply became quiet. This baffled the OZ solders and they stopped to examine their target. Wing turned his head to them and his eyes burned brightly.

In a shade of blood-red.

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Heero has succumbed to the darker nature of his tekka-powers. With his mind now scrambled, he goes on a berserker rampage. However, an opportunity appears to bring him out of his rage and also reveal a part of Heero he never thought existed. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: Light within Chaos