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AN: 100+ reviews! Alright. Thank you all those who read this.

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Chap. 40

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Luxemburg, Mansion

The door to the mansion slams open and the young tekkaman entered the abode. Looking around, he saw many large hallways, not unlike the halls in the Sank Kingdom's palace. Except that the entire place was void of any lighting except the sunlight from outside. As Heero strode in, his eyes searched around for the former OZ leader. Also, a gun was in his hand just in case. He soon approached a large staircase and stopped. He turned his head around, but there still was no sign of Trieze.

"Welcome, Heero."

Heero instantly raised his gun and pointed it upward. There standing on the top of the stairs was Trieze Khusrenada. His was in his usual formal attire and his eyes focused in on the gundam tekkaman.

"I just want to talk."

"I have no reason to talk to you."

Trieze smirked, mostly to himself. "Of course not. You think to fight for the peace of earth and outer space."

"I only think of fighting." Heero retorted. "Peace only results from after the fighting is over."

Trieze closed his eyes, "Then let me ask you, then who is your enemy?" His eyes opened, "Romefeller? Me? The Radham? The colonies that betrayed you?"

Heero wasn't swayed by his words, "Anyone who fight against me."

Trieze lowered his eyes sadly, "If that the case, then you'll never stop fighting."

"It makes no difference to me."

"You don't wish to change your fate?" he asked questioningly. "Then Relena Peacecraft is stronger than you in that respect." The sad expression returned, "But I on the other hand have no desire to fight any more."

"I see." Heero replied, cocking the hammer of the gun.

"Hm. Well, if that is the case..." Trieze suddenly lifted his arm, revealing a gun of his own. Now both speakers were holding guns on each other.

"We may as well kill each other now."

Romefeller Foundation...

Relena Peacecraft has once again entered the white halls of the Romefeller Foundation. After Dorothy gave her a personal invitation from Romefeller, Relena immediately headed to the foundation. Lead by two soldiers, she was guided to the main hall in the middle of the building. There awaited a few of Romefellers top leaders. The formost person there was Duke Dermail, a thick bearded man with stern eyes. He was also Dorothy's grandfather.

"Miss Peacecraft, I'll get to the point." he started, staring down the young ruler. "For some time, you have recreated your monarchy for the purpose of estalibishing peace for the world. Yet you secretly have been gathering forces to fight against Romefeller."

Relena half-frowned, but didn't let it show. "That is absurd. I can assure that the Sank Kingdom has done no such thing."

Dermail realized back into his seat, "Then perhaps you can explain the recent actions of the Space Knight stationed within you kingdom."

Before Relena could respond, Dermail quickly activated a monitor on the desk. There it showed the video image of her rescue from the Virgo Doll blast by Tekkaman Hiver.

Relena was unfazed and calmly responded, "Yumi Francious was only there because she thought it was a Radham attack. She made no attack against you and merely saved my life."

Dermail narrowed his eyes and made ready to play his trump card, "And what of your brother?"

Surprise now registered on her face, "My brother?"

"Yes." he grinned inwardly. "We have reports from outer space showing that he has begun fighting us directly."

The monitor displayed a new image. In the field of outer space, the white Tallgeese Sol-Tekka was battling and destroying several Sol-Tekka Dolls. Relena gazed at the images silently while Dermail let his grin show openly. When the monitor clicked off, Relena faced the Romefeller leader.

"Under what name?"

Dermail blinked, "Zechs Marquise."

"Then he is not my brother." she replied.

Dermail looked at her, but there was no deception or any emotion betraying her voice. 'She really doesn't care.' He saw that his plan wasn't working so he would have to leave it alone. For now.

"I see. Then I apologize. We will deal with him as we see fit."

Relena gave him a slight bow, "Good day."

Heero and Trieze continued to hold their guns leveled at each other, neither one of them making a sound. Suddenly, Trieze flicks his other hand forward and an object flies out at Heero. Heero swiftly snatched it out of the air and opened his palm.

"What is this?"

Trieze answered, "Using data from the 5 scientists, I have reconstructed this. It will help you see your true enemy."

The object was a tekka-set crystal, but unlike any crystal he'd seen before. It was crystal clear and there seemed to be an empty space within it.

"I call it Epyon. You can combine it with your crystal and transform. It will show you the face of your enemy and the future thereafter." He hesitated, "I am not strong enough to handle it, for there wasn't any future for me to choose from. I imagine it would suit a gundam tekkaman better."

Heero looked back at Trieze, who knew exactly what he was thinking. Trieze Khusrenada was a primary body. Still, what did he mean by a future to choose from? As these thoughts continued, a sudden explosion erupted outside. The Virgo Sol-Tekka Dolls were closing in on the mansion.

"Don't worry." Trieze started. "I won't go anywhere. But by the same token, I ask that you do not self-destruct."

Heero's eyes narrowed again and he glanced at the clear crystal. Focusing, he caused his crystal to materialize within the new one. Though it was still cracked, it shimmered with bright energy.

"Mission accepted. Tek-setta!!!!"

Both crystals ignited and Heero was engulfed within it. He shot out of the roof of the mansion and into the battlefield where the Dolls awaited. The light cleared and Heero re-emerged in his tekka-form.

"Tekkaman Wing!"

However, he was slightly different than before. His left arm now had a large protrusion on it. His lancer had changed and was now larger than before. Also, his eyes were covered, much like how Dead's was. Wing swooped into the battle and went into his crystal hawk mode. His shimmered in an intense red glow and shot through the Dolls, vaporizing them instantly. He then twisted around with incredible speed and shot right back, decimating more of them.

'Such power...twenty left...fifty right...eighteen in front...destroy them...'

Wing attacked...

Relena was on her way back to the Sank Kingdom. Her invite to Romefeller haven't been much, but she did realize that she had frustrated their efforts. But that wouldn't keep up. Perhaps she should intensify her own efforts. The schooling was working well as many of her students were accepting her beliefs. But more had to be done and soon. But she couldn't rush. Peace was a gradually process and it would take time. She just hoped that she had that time.

"Penny for your thoughts, Miss Relena?"

Relena smiled at Pagan's comment. He was always perceptive of her feelings and thoughts.

"I'm just hoping I'm strong enough. Sometimes, this all can feel overwhelming."

Pagan smiled into the rear-view mirror, "Don't worry. We're all here to help you. Even an old man like me."

Relena gave a slight giggle, "Oh, Pagan..."

Suddenly, the road before them exploded. Pagan instantly hit the brakes, but the limo skidded sideways and smashed into the risen pavement. Relena had lifted herself up from the bottom of the car after having fallen down. Looking up at the driver's seat, she saw Pagan's head up against the steering wheel. Relena rushed over to the butler's unconscious body.

"Pagan! Pagan, wake up!"

However, the rumbling outside continued and Relena stopped shaking Pagan to look outside. Before her on the road was a huge crater. As she exited the vehicle, the ground suddenly blew upward, knocking her back a bit. A sickening roar emanated out and a claw emerged, revealing a Radham monster. Relena lifted back in horror as the monster focused in on her.

"Rahhhhhh...gakkkk!!"

Suddenly, an  figure landed in between Relena and the Radham. Relena recognized the pink armor immediately.

"Yumi!"

Tekkaman Hiver turned and nodded to her before looking back at the Radham in front of her. She pulled her arm back, carrying along the energy wire and her sword lancer which had been stabbed into the creature, causing it to fall dead.

"Are you okay?"

Relena nodded quickly, "Yes, I'm fine."

Hiver then turned her attention upward, where Radham were falling like meteors. Igniting her boosters, Hiver took to the skies in attack. Fortunately, the numbers weren't overwhelming, but it would take some time, during which a few would reach the ground and endanger Relena. If Hayato still had Alpha ship, she might have been able to deal with this without much of a problem. But she would have to do what she could.

"Yaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!"

With that cry, Hiver thrust into the fight, jumping on one of the falling Radham and stabbing it through. As it exploded, she leaped to the next one and repeated the act. With two down, Hiver attached her lancer with her whip and let it fly. The blade stabbed the targeted Radham and hooked it. Pulling her arm back, she swung the hooked creature right into the next two like a wrecking ball. Pulling back again, she retrieved her lancer and began to fly at the next group falling.

"Here goes!"

Hiver suddenly surrounded herself in bright pink energy and shot through the sky in her own crystal-hawk form. She zoomed straight up through the sky, ripping apart any Radham that was in her lined path. After a brief minute, she stopped high in the air and saw the few remaining Radham hurtling toward the ground. Summoning her energy, she called forth her greatest weapon.

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

The swarm of energy shot down and impacted the first Radham. Reacting, it split up and the resulting beams attacked the other falling down. As the beam destroyed Radham, Hiver was trying to get it to hurry, seeing that many of the Radham was about to reach the floor.

'Come on, go.'

The monsters were two seconds from slamming right into Relena, who at the moment was trying to help a still unconscious Pagan. Relena looked up the see the shadow of the creature crashing in, but that was soon turned into the light of the voltekka vaporizing it. The beam was to close and it itself began to head toward Relena.

'No!'

Concentrating hard, Hiver managed to pull the beam away from Relena, causing it to harmlessly curve away from her a minute before it vanished. Sighing, Hiver began to sloly flaot to the floor, unaware that three of the Radham was diving in above her.

Tsssrrrr!!!

An explosion suddenly alerted her attention as she looked up to see the Radham that were falling on her being blasted to smithereens. Hiver looked to the side as a couple of White Taurus Sol-Tekkas approached. One of them moved toward her unsteadily.

"You okay, Yumi?"

Underneath the helmet, Hiver blinked. "Hayato? Is that you?"

"Yeah. They let me borrow this since Heero stole Alpha."

Hiver nodded and then lowered down to the ground, where the other Sol-Tekka had already landed. A medical team had also arrived and they were currently wheeling Pagan into an ambulance. While Relena watched, she turned her attention to Hiver, who knelt down tired.

"Thank you for saving me again, Yumi."

Hiver simply waved a hand, "It's okay. Don't worry about it."

Relena looked back at the ambulance, which had now rolled away, "I just wish that your action were praised rather than used."

Hiver stood up straight, "Just focus on obtaining peace, Miss Relena. Leave the other stuff to us."

Relena simply nodded.

Luxemburg…

The battle continued to rage on as the Virgo fired on the new Tekkaman Wing Epyon. Their disruptors were on full power and their numbers were great. But there was one problem. This particular tekkaman seemed unaffected by the disruptors energy and it posses great power as it soared through the Dolls.

'Fifty left...twenty supports...destroy...'

Wing tossed the sword lancer and it stabbed through the Doll. He was about to send out his energy whip when instead he twirled his left arm. A barbed whip-like weapon extended out and stabbed the next Virgo. Pulling his arm back, the whip flashed into the air and began to glow in a deadly red. Wing lashed his arm forward again and it slashed right through the next Virgo, leaving a burning sear. Wing shot himself into a berserker rage, heat whip blazing as it ripped apart Virgos by the dozen. However, despite the incredible display of power and speed, the mind of the human within was being wracked.

'Like...time limit...the same...out of...control...'

Wing charged through another Virgo and swiftly grabbed the lancer. Taking it into his hands, he raised it into the air.

'Getting rid of them all...'

The raised lancer suddenly sprouted a set of Voltekka cells. The energy blasted upward, forming a column of light. Wing suddenly blasted forward with the massive energy.

'Anyone who fights is my enemy!'

The Voltekka sword flashed down, vaporizing every Virgo in its path. Wing slashed left and right, destroying Virgos without a hint of hesitation or stopping. And through all of this, the mind of the gundam was being tormented with more images.

-"We meet again, Heero."-

-"Protect....Master Trieze....I....beg you...."-

-"I am not strong enough to handle it, for there wasn't any future for me to choose from."-

Wing finally stopped and began to tremble and convulse.

'Epyon...crystal...Zero...crystal...my fate...guuuaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!'

The silent scream echoed within the mind of the gundam who left complete destruction and flames in his wake...

Space Knight Command Center

The crews in the Command Center seemed to be moving in warp speed. Engineers and mechanics were rushing through the area in fervor work. Through all of this, two figures manage to maneuver through everyone and enter the main area. There, Aki was at work as well on the terminal. Aki only manage to briefly turn her head before she realized she had company.

"Hey, did I come at a bad time?"

Aki stopped in her work and came over to greet the young woman with a hug.

"Millia, welcome back."

Millia hug the older woman back and they parted. But then another voice broke through.

"What? No hug for me?"

The surprise on Aki's face was priceless.

"Noal!"

Aki rushed over to her old friend and gave him a warm hug as well.

"It's good to be back home."

Space Knight Noal has returned and with him, some new information for the Space Knights. Aki reveals that she is planning on completing the transformation of the tekkaman team so they would have the full power they need to fight. Heero returns to the Sank, wondering why Trieze gave him the Epyon crystal. But in the depths of outer space, Zechs has unknowingly rediscovered the Zero crystal and is endowed with his own powers. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: Zero revived.