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Chap. 37

Sank Kingdom, Palace...

Heero and Quatre entered the fencing hall of the school to see the other students sparring with each other. After speaking with Relena, the two decided to stay there, although Heero seemed reluctant about it. As the class went on, Quatre stepped up to join his sparring partner. But unfortunately for him, it turned out to be none other than Dorothy Catalona.

"I heard about you." Dorothy started. "You used to be a Space Knight, weren't you?"

Quatre simply place his faceguard on, "I'd rather not talk about it."

Dorothy smirked while putting her own guard on, "Hmm. I've heard that some of the Space Knights were tekkamen in disguise." She raised her foil, "And I also heard that one of them went on a rampage and wiped out quite a few colonies."

"That sounds bad." Quatre replied quietly.

The two foils crossed and Dorothy struck first. Quatre lifted his to block, but Dorothy swiftly changed direction, stabbing instead. Quatre managed to twist his arm slightly, turning the foil downward and blocking. It was now obvious that this was no longer a simple sparring session. Dorothy smiled at Quatre's swift defense.

"Hm. I think whoever it was, was on to something. Starting a conflict to increase the tensions in space." She backed away slightly and struck again, but Quatre again blocked the blow, "I would like to meet this tekkaman."

Quatre didn't respond to her verbal taunts as Dorothy struck again, far faster than before. Surprised, Quatre lifted the foil to deflect the attack, but Dorothy attacked again, equally as swift. Quatre was forced to sidestep, but didn't attack back. A small chuckle escaped Dorothy's lips.

"Come now. Don't hold back for my sake." Her arm suddenly swung outward, bringing the foil in with a horizontal slash.  Quatre ducked, but Dorothy's control was amazing as she reversed direction and brought it back. Quatre barely caught the strike as he raised his foil in defense.

"Show me that power that was used when you destroyed the colony."

Dorothy backed away again stabbed forward. Quatre sidestepped again and stabbed his blade forward. Dorothy brought her foil back and the two clashed in the air. Dorothy then went into a series of repeating stabs, causing Quatre to back up. During all of this, Heero simply watched passively as the duel continued. Dorothy finally stopped stabbing and brought her arm back to slash. Seeing this, Quatre leveled his foil and when she struck, his blade slammed into hers hard. Neither one of them was ready for the strength of their attacks as the foils flew out of their hands. Upon seeing this, both stood upright signaling the end of the duel. As Quatre removed his faceguard, he answered her.

"I'm sorry Ms. Dorothy. But you may be mistaken."

With that, Quatre began to walk away. But Dorothy's gaze never left him and her smirk never left her face. Watching him heading toward Heero, she called out to him.

"I hope we'll duel again, Mr. Winner."

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Bar...

David sat in his usual seat in the town tavern. His drink settled before him, he lifted the glass and took a sip of his drink. As he put it back down, he began to think about the recent events. Everyone at the Command Center seemed to be on edge. They were worried that the next fight they face would not be from the Radham. Aki seemed especially worried, but you would never notice it by her cool exterior. As his thoughts wandered further, a figure walked in the bar and moved to take the seat next to him. David's eye glanced off to the side and he noticed the red fingernails and a lock of green hair.

"Dead?"

"Excuse me?"

The voice was female. Looking up, he saw that it was a woman (really this time) with long emerald hair and deep black lips. Her eyes were a shade of crimson which locked on to him as she took as seat next to him. Despite the first impression, David found the woman's appearance...quite fetching.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I mistook you for someone else." David apologized.

The woman continued to stare into David's eyes, "Oh really? Expecting company?"

"Not really."

She finally looked away and arose from her seat. But as she did, her lips neared his ear and she whispered, "How about the two of us have some fun? I promise it will be worth your while."

David looked up at her and shrugged, "Sure, why not?"

The exotic woman led him by the hand outside and then turned into an alley. David looked at her strangely as she pushed him against the wall.

"Isn't this a little..."

But his words were cut off as the woman pressed herself on him, taking his lips into hers in a passionate kiss. David was a little lost in the woman's aggressive movements and began to kiss back until his tekka-set shimmered.

'Wha...?'

His eyes snapped open enough to see the woman's hand rising up with a wicked dagger in her clenched fist. Reacting, David pushed her away just as the dagger came, nearly stabbing his heart. David backed away as the woman

"Was it good for you?" she grinned evilly. "But this night's just beginning for us."

David blinked in half-surprise as he saw her tekka-set shimmer beneath her hair. And to make matters worse, her hand produced a red crystal. And with a feral cry, she raised it into the air.

"Tek-Setta!!!!!!!"

The woman was engulfed in intense red light and shot off into the air. Watching her ascent, David rushed forward, his own crystal materializing.

"Tek-Setta!!!!!!"

David took to the air after the new tekkaman and both beams of light finally landed on top of one of the rooftops. David had transformed into his Tekkaman Sommer persona while his opponent had manifested herself as well. She wore black armor with red underneath. Her red eyes flared through the armor and in her hand was a nasty looking lancer.

"Alright, who are you? Why are you attacking me?"

"I want you dead, Space Knight." She raised her lancer, "And as for my name, call me Slayer."

Having said that, Tekkaman Slayer attacked...

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Space Knight C.C.

The now blaring alarms alerted the remaining Space Knights to action. Natasha, Goliathe, Dead End and Anita assembled in front of Aki immediately.

We have to move now. A tekkaman is attacking David and he needs immediate backup.

"Roger."

Gathering aboard the Blue Earth 2, the knights launched into action. As they all flew toward the scene, Aki received a message from Honda.

"Chief."

"Yes. What is it?" Aki asked quickly.

Honda was frowning over the set, "Another problem. A group of Radham have appeared in sector 232 and descending fast."

Aki frowned openly, "Alert Yumi and Hayato. They'll have to handle it."

"Do you think those two are enough?"

Aki was unsure herself, but at this point there was no choice.

"They have to be."

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Sank Kingdom...

During another of Relena's seminars, Yumi was quietly listening from her seat. In mid-speech, Yumi half jumped as her communicator went off. Relena stopped as she glanced over at Yumi, who had received the message from the command center. Yumi then stood up and addressed Relena.

"I'm sorry, Miss Relena, but I have to go."

Relena nodded understandingly, "Be careful, Miss Francious."

Yumi quickly ran out of the classroom, but Dorothy spoke up just before she left.

"Have fun, Miss Francious."

Yumi let the comment slide as she ran out of the palace. Outside, Hayato had just rolled in with his jeep after receiving the same communications. Yumi jumped in and Hayato drove away, heading toward his craft Alpha, which were just on the outskirts of town. The class watched as they drove off and Dorothy couldn't help, but slide in another comment.

"Off to the battlefield she goes. Off to become alive once again."

Also watching her departure were the two gundam boys, who were silently watching from somewhere else. Quatre turned to Heero, who simply lowered his head.

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Town...

Sommer wasn't faring too well against the female tekkaman, who was currently dissecting him. She attacked with a rage and power he had seen only in Dead and Blade. Sommer continued to be hammered back while Slayer smashed him through one of the buildings. Sommer shot of on the other side, but managed to recover and fly in mid-air.

"What's wrong, Sommer? Not enjoying the date?"

She charged again and Sommer raised his lancer to block. However the resulting clash was too great for him and he was hit to the ground where he smashed into a parked car. Slayer hovered just above him.

"I guess it's time for the long kiss goodnight."

Raising her lancer she dove down on him making ready to run him through. But a beam of light caught her attention and forced her to halt he attack and fly to the left. As soon as she did, a Voltekka beam whizzed right past her and exploded on the concrete ground. Slayer turned her focus on the approaching Knights, headed by Vesna, who had fired the Voltekka.

"Back off."

Slayer cocked her head to the side, "Oooh. Competition."

Vesna charged and clashed with the dark female, but was unable to push her back. Slayer struggled briefly a bit and then shoved her back. Activating her jets, Slayer charged and slashed Vesna across the chest. Vesna cried out in pain and flew back. Slayer moved in for the kill but was stopped off by both Aki and Dead. Continuing her charge, Slayer shot into her crystal-hawk form, plowing through the two and slamming into Vesna. Vesna was hurled ground-ward and hit the wall of a building. Slayer looked down and began to charge again when the dark form of Dead cut her off. Slayer shot air-ward and Dead followed. The two clashed blades, but unlike before, neither tekkaman had the advantage. Slayer continued to struggle when her tekka-set went off.

"We'll meet again, little one."

Suddenly, Slayer broke away and shot off into the sky, leaving the battered knights behind. Dead watched as she left, his thoughts remembering her last words.

'Little one...? No. It....can't be...'

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Alpha soared into the high skies over the Sank area. Since it wasn't equipped to fly any higher in the atmosphere, the two would have to wait until the Radham arrived. Sure enough, that's what happened. Specks of light appeared as the Radham creatures approached. Yumi looked down at her pink crystal, readying to fight.

"Alright, Yumi. You ready?"

"Yes. I'm ready."

"Be careful out there."

Tek-Setta!!!"

A pink light flooded the ship briefly and shot out into the sky. It soared upward and then back on top of Alpha, reforming into...

Tekkaman Hiver!"

Hiver summoned her sword lancer as Alpha shot ahead into the enemy troops. When close enough, Hiver let out a single cry and leapt of the craft and into the Radham. With a single swipe, she cut the first one in half and then jumped to the next on. As she battled, she began to notice something about the way she was fighting. Sure she was doing this to protect the Sank Kingdom, but she couldn't help but feel the exhilaration of fighting the Radham. 'Is Dorothy right about me? Am I...a monster....like these things?'

Her train of thought distracted her briefly, enough for one of the alien monsters to bear down on her. But before it could, several laser bolt shot through it and ripped it to shreds. Hayato swooped near and picked her up.

"We better end this quick Yumi."

Hiver refocused on the battle and nodded in response. She began to summon her energy as she crossed her arms in front of her, calling forth her greatest weapon.

"Reactor...Voltekka!!!!!!!"

A massive wave of light shot out and on Hiver command, it split up into several beams. Each on hit one of the Radham and reflected onto another and another until they were all engulf by it. Hiver watched as they all exploded before powering down the weapon. The Radham were defeated once again, but Hiver didn't feel too victorious.

"Alright. You did it Yumi. Huh? Yumi?"

Hiver remained motionless for a while before looking down at her pilot.

"Let's...just head back."

Hayato was a bit confused by her attitude, but obeyed and flew back down to the Sank.

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Unknown....

The woman that was the tekkaman Slayer rematerialized into her human form. Picking up a pair of clothes nearby, she dressed herself as she though of her previous battle.

'So it really was you, Kenji. You survived as well. But make no mistake, little one. If you interfere, I'll kill you.' A wicked grin curled up her dark lips. 'Unless. What if you were to join us? That would be fun.' She turned and began to walk away.

'I'll be seeing you again soon, little brother.'

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With the appearance of the new tekkaman Slayer, the Space Knights have increased their defenses, but without Yumi there, they still aren't at full strength. Dead End reveals the mystery of this new tekkaman which doesn't bode too well with the others. Meanwhile, Romefeller has begun its own plan of attacking the Sank by herding the defeated members of the Trieze faction into them. But instead, they run into the unexpected defenses of the Kingdom. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: The Glass Kingdom.