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Chap. 44

Circus, L2 colony

"You don't remember me? It's me, Duo."

Duo had confronted Trowa in the circus, only to discover that his former comrade has no memory of him whatsoever. 'Even a guy with a face as extraordinary as mine' he mused to himself.

"I don't believe we've met before." Trowa repeated.

Duo was about to speak some more when a young woman exited out from the tent. She took a quick glance at Duo before moving over to Trowa.

"Trowa. The ringmaster is calling you. Go on inside."

Towa nodded, "Okay sis."

As Trowa strode back inside, Duo looked at her dumbfounded, "Sis? You're his sister? What...?"

Katherine suddenly whirled on him, her friendly disposition now gone, "Go away and leave him alone. He doesn't need to fight anymore."

Duo blinked with even more confusion. "Hey, I..."

"...don't care." she sharply cut him off. "Leave Trowa alone. Let him live in peace instead of war."

Katherine then turned around and reentered the tent, leaving a still confused Duo behind. What's going on? He has a sister? Why doesn't he remember me?

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Sank Kingdom...

The streets are completely empty and void of any human activity aside from one or two people who were running to the shelters. Within the palace, Heero and Noin were strategizing the increasing Romefeller activity that was occurring around the kingdom.

"Romefeller has all these points covered." Noin mentioned as they observed a map of the area. "They want to make sure no one escapes."

Heero stood nearby with his arms folded in usual pose. "Those are the least of our problems. The attack force itself is unknown to us. We don't know how many they will send in the attack."

Noin shut her eyes, "It's a good thing Quatre left before they surrounded us."

Heero chose not to comment on that. He simply moved away and looked at the pilots suiting up in the Taurus Sol Tekkas. He summoned his own crystal, which was still embedded in the Epyon crystal.

"We better get ready."

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Space Knight Command Center...

The crew was still around the tekkapod chambers, waiting for the three Knights to finish the process. Because they had only ten percent more to finish, it would be a shorter time than before when they were primary bodies. But even so, the room was tense, especially considering that Romefeller forces that had surrounded them and the increasing forces that were beginning to descend from the sky.

"Chief." One to the technicians called. "Virgo Dolls are closing in on the base."

Aki gasped, "What? It's too soon." She turned to the technician monitoring the knights. "How long until completion?"

"Another forty-five minutes."

Honda frowned, "That's not enough time. By then, they will have cut off the power circuits and the process would be interrupted."

Millia stepped up and looked at the chambers, "We need time."

Aki clenched her fist briefly and then turned to the exit. "I'll try to buy you some time. Make sure that they get through this."

The group watched as she walked out and the doors closed. She walked down the corridor quickly and then broke into an all-out run toward the hanger. Entering the hanger, she pressed a console on the wall and it opened to reveal the teknobot, Pegasus 2.

"Pegasus! Tek-setta!!!!!"

The crystal on the machine flashed and so did the eyes. "Command acknowledged."

The machine opened and beams of light shone on Aki. As she strode into the machine, her clothing began to shred and tear apart. She entered the teknobot and it sealed her up inside. A skylight entrance opened from above and the machine ignited its boosters and took off. While it flew off into the sky, the head chamber unlocked and Aki shot out and flipped on top, now in her scarlet tekkaman form.

"Let's go, Pegasus."

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Earth orbit...

Thanks to the Lunar Base, there were hordes of carriers approaching; each containing vast numbers of Virgo Sol-Tekka Dolls. The ships closed in on Earth, ready to descend and attack whoever they were programmed to. Already, many of them were falling on one particular area and they continued to fall, appearing to spread out. But a sudden explosion halted their descent.

"Not on my watch."

A white Sol-Tekka swooped from out of the darkness of space and fired upon the carriers, destroying them one by one. It was none other than the Tallgeese, with its masked pilot at the controls. Tallgeese swerved through the ship and stopped before them and in front of the earth. Raising his quantum cannon, Tallgeese fired some more, blasting them into debris. When he destroyed his fifth one, a few of the carriers stopped and unlatched the Dolls. The soulless machines eyes shimmered as they moved in to attack. Tallgeese unsheathed its metal blade and charged madly at the dolls.

"I will not allow the Sank to be destroyed again!"

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Sahara Desert, outer rim...

Within the dust of the deserts sands, The Magnanacs were engaged in a fierce battle with the Virgo Sol-Tekka Dolls. Though the number of dolls was relatively few, it was more than enough to hold back the desert warriors.

"Rashid." one of the primary bodies shouted. "The enemy is closing in on our position."

Rashid, in his own dusty armor, shouted back, "It doesn't matter. We'll continue fighting until Master Quatre's return."

The primary bodies resumed their battle with renewed vigor, but still the dolls hammered them back, backing them into the deserted ruins.

Shrannnggggg!!!!!!!!!

Suddenly two Virgos fell into pieces and exploded. The Magnanacs saw that and looked through the dust to see a white armored figure stride out of the dust.

"Master Quatre!"

Indeed it was Tekkaman Sandrock, holding his two curved-blade lancers.

"Rashid! Are you all right?"

The Magnanac commander stepped out to greet him, "Yes Master. We've been waiting for your arrival."

Sandrock lowered his head, "I'm sorry for being away so long. But now there's another battle awaiting us. We must go to the Sank Kingdom."

The warriors cheered and charged back into battle behind him. With Sandrock's strength, the Virgos were all dispatched easily. But that is only the beginning of their fight. The Magnanacs marched across the desert to the Sank Kingdom, with their desert prince tekkaman leading them.

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Sank...

The Virgo Dolls have finally decided to move, stalking toward the white kingdom with hostile intent. Noin flew out in her own white Taurus Sol-Tekka in front of the invaders.

"This is Sank Kingdom territory." she spoke through an open communicator. "Please leave immediately." When the machines failed to stop, she sighed to herself. 'Well, it was worth a try.' Changing the communicator frequency. "All units, defensive positions. But do not fire unless provoked."

The forest shimmered in a few spots, indicating the presence of the other Taurus hidden in the forest behind. One of the Taurus raised is weapon and fired. This was soon followed by shots from the others. Noin took to the air and the Taurus army came out of hiding and fired back. The battle became intense very quickly. In front of one of the Taurus groups, Tekkaman Wing Epyon swooped in front and into the bulk of the enemy forces. Mentally, Heero was fighting a battle with himself against the powerful crystal's powers..

'Focus...on main targets...Keep...Epyon...focused.'

The lancer arose and Wing scored his first kill in what would soon be a path of sheer destruction...

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Command Center...

The dolls continued to tread down on their course toward the command center. The few laser cannon defenses of the command center were mostly destroyed and the machines continued on. One of the dolls had targeted another cannon when a object suddenly soared overhead. Looking up, the machine saw a crimson figure descend upon it and rendered it in two. The Scarlet Tekkaman leaped away from the machine a moment before it exploded. She shot forward and stabbed another one through. Her boosters ignited and she pushed the still impaled doll into the others, running them down. She then pulled the lancer out and tossed it behind her. The lancer spun in the air and cut through a good amount of the dolls, destroying them instantly before it returned to her hand in a boomerang effect. Aki then turned to see the dolls begin to activate their shoulder disruptor crystals.

"Pegasus!"

The flying robot turned through the air and came back to its master. Aki pulled her arm back, cutting another doll in half while latching her energy wire onto Pegasus and being pulled away. Aki reeled herself in and climbed back on top of Pegasus. The dolls locked onto her while she was flying through the air and open fire, filling the sky with energy beams. Aki swerved through them left and right, but was having trouble due to the intensity rate of the beams. Plus, the disruptors were beginning to affect her greatly because of the number of the dolls. Nevertheless, she maneuvered Pegasus to fly low and see stuck her lancer out. Hitting a button, the lancer extended further and at she swooped by, the extended blade ripped and sliced into many the machines. But a few managed to get a few good shots out, nearly hitting her and damaging Pegasus slightly. Aki jumped off and slid on the ground, her lancer continuing to slice through the machine as she did. Now on the ground, Aki ran across the ground and back-slashed the next doll, following up with a twirling spin which ripped into three more. Aki looked around. So far, she was doing a good job clearing out the dolls. That was until she looked up and saw a horde of them rain down from the sky like dark hail. Her grip tightened, 'I'll never be able to take them all.'

The machines continued to fall down toward her until a flash of light caught her attention. A moment after that, a streak of purple light flashed into the sky and wiped out a good portion of the descending force. Aki looked in short surprise as she realized who had helped her.

"Dead End."

Dead materialized in the air and turned to her. "They'll need all the time they can get."

Aki nodded and continued the fight.

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Romefeller attacks. With both the Space Knights and the Sank Kingdom fighting to protect themselves, the battle turns harsh within moments. Aki and Dead continue to try to buy time, but their collective powers begin run short. Relena continue to try to stop the battles and decides on one final course of action. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: Fall of the Sank Kingdom.