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Chap. 52

Space

"We probably have no choice, but to give up on Wufei." commented Duo as the group considered their next move. "He's going to do what he wants all on his own."

"Then you think we should head back to the earth for now?" Noin questioned.

"But Miss Noin, there are White Fang troops roaming the vicinity." Quatre pointed out. "It would be hard to get past them."

Duo yawned in his seat, "Don't you think we should do something to stop the White Fang?"

"If Miss Relena were here, she'd work out a peace plan with the colonies." Noin answered. "Negotiations with the White Fang can take place afterward."

"Right." Quatre agreed. But then he added. "But the White Fang is increasing its armaments, even though the people of the colonies shouldn't use them."

"And there's still the issue of the Space Knights." Trowa quietly added.

Noin moved over to the front, "So far, the only one we have a definite confirmation of is Tekkaman Sommer. A battle near earth revealed that he was in the middle of it just before taking off."

"So that leaves Yumi and Natasha. Not to mention Dead." Duo counted off. He then smiled, "Boy, are we going to be busy."

A beep suddenly caught all their attentions and Trowa looked at the panel to check it out.

"I'm receiving a transmission being broadcast into this area." His single eye soon roved over to Duo. "Someone's asking for Deathscythe."

Duo blinked, "Huh?" He then moved over to terminal where the screen was still in static. It soon cleared and revealed the face of a man wearing sunglasses and a bright-colored, vacation-style T-shirt.

"Hey Duo. Long time, no see."

"Howard? What the…? How the…?"

The man smiled, "Nice to see you again too, Duo. It's been awhile."

Duo shook his head, "I thought you were on Earth. What are you doing back in space?"

"Well there's a friend that wanted to see you and I thought I'd give her a ride."

"Her?"

The screen switched over, revealing an orange-haired girl, "Hey, Duo. Is that you?"

"Yumi?" Now he was confused. "What the heck?"

Yumi shrugged, "Don't look at me. We were just out in space when we ran into these guys. They offered to help us."

Quatre came over beside Duo, "Who else is with you?"

"Hayato and Dead. We're onboard the Peacemillion."

"The Peacemillion?"

Yumi smiled brightly, "You'll see. We'll be waiting for you guys."

The signal cut off and Duo moved over to the controls. "Well, that two down. Let's get a move on it."

Noin was a bit skeptical, "Are you sure?"

Duo waved, "Don't worry. Howard's an old friend of mine. If anything, this will be better for us."

Blade…

Quatre's eyes suddenly lifted up into the air and his tekka-set glimmered briefly, "Huh?"

"Quatre?"

Quatre looked at Noin in slight confusion, "I…I thought I'd heard someone call."

Blade…

The emerald tekka-set flashed on D-Boy's head and his eyes lifted up from the computer. Noal noticed this and turned to him.

"Hey D. Something up?"

D-Boy didn't say anything at first. But when Noal asked again, he looked back down.

"No. It's…nothing."

Noal gave him a skeptical glance, but said nothing and continued flying. D-Boy had already read into some of the data on the disk telling them of a location hidden somewhere around the destroyed Prague colony. The area though had been abandoned due to the increase of Radham now present, meaning they were now going into possible hostile territory.

Noal broke the silence, "So what exactly are we looking for?"

D-Boy shrugged, "Before Prague was destroyed, there was a report of a resource satellite in the area. It was never checked into because Prague was then destroyed and no thought was given to it."

"Go figure."

D-Boy looked down on the laptop, "Given the info here, I'm guessing it was a weapon facility. Possibly even a tekka-plant."

Noal looked over briefly, "For the gundams."

"That's the theory." D-Boy nodded.

"All right, we're here."

The shuttle flew silently into the designated area, revealing the obliterated colony. All that was truly left was one-third of the wrecked colony and that was mostly old debris. Both knights looked over at it as they passed, remembering that day. Black September…

"All these years and I still can't believe that this was done." Noal said quietly. "If it were Radham, that'd be one thing. But…"

Noal suddenly quieted and simply flew on. He had done all that he could at the time. There wasn't any reason to think that he could have done any more than that. But even so, Noal still felt he could have done something more.

"I'm picking up something." D-Boy said suddenly. Noal looked at the radar and saw a blip. Looking out the window, he saw a rock-mass floating just out ahead of them. The mass was mostly rock, with few points of technology on it.

"Strange." Noal commented. "Considering its size, we should have picked it up sooner. And the radar still having trouble holding it in sight."

"I think I know why." D-Boy answered. "That thing is made of gundamium ore."

"Guess that means we came to the right place." Noal grinned as he moved the shuttle in.

Space Knight Command Center

"Uhhh…"

Aki's eyes slowly opened to see a white plain in front of her. It took a moment for her vision to clear to realize that she was looking up at a ceiling. Blinking, she realized that she was in the medical ward in the command center. An OZ medic came in from the side and nodded to her.

"Good. You're awake."

"What happen…" she began. But her memory soon returned and she recalled the reason. Tekkaman Sliver… She tried to rise from the bed, but a hum caught her attention and stopped her. Looking up in the corner, she saw a black crystal shimmering and blinking repeatedly in purple light. A disrupter crystal? Looking off to the side, she also caught a glimpse of a guard just outside the door.

"What is the meaning of this?" Aki asked.

The medic answered simply, "The colonel has ordered that you be restrained for your actions."

Anger flashed in her eyes, "My actions?"

"Yes. You defied him by going out into battle. On top of that, you managed to transform without the tekkabot, something he was unaware that you could do. Therefore, until it is ascertained that you won't be a disruptive element, you will be confined here."

Very little made Aki truly angry nowadays, but this certainly did the job. She had gone out and saved the command center along with their lives and the colonel imprisons her in her own center because he is unsure he could control her? If not for the fatigue and injuries she's sustained, she would have marched up and throttled the life out of him.

"I truly am sorry." The medic said suddenly, causing her anger to subside somewhat. "You saved our lives at the near cost of your own. You don't deserve this." He turned to the door and prepared to leave, "But I have my orders."

He exited the door and Aki forced herself to rise. She moved to the door, but as she suspected, it didn't open. Taking a deep breath, she seated back on the bed and looked out the window. She could have escaped through there, but as long as the disrupter crystal was active, she wouldn't be able to transform as long as she was in range. She was trapped in her own command center.

'Just what I don't need.'

Romefeller

Relena was sitting in her private chambers, meditating on what to say in her speech at the general meeting when Dorothy soon burst in.

"Good news, Miss Relena. My grandfather's gone and left for outer space."

"So suddenly?"

"That means your greatest opposition won't be present at the general meeting." She turned slightly to the door and closed her eyes. "And the rest will be up to you."

"Duke Dermail has left, has he?" Relena repeated too herself. She figured that his absence wasn't coincidental, but to what his purpose was, was unclear to her.

"It's almost time to go Miss Relena." Dorothy replied, interrupting her thoughts. Looking at Relena, "To the parliament building."

Relena nodded and arose from her seat. Determination was set in her eyes as she realized what she had to do now. "Yes. Let's go."

Unknown to the two girls (or anyone else for that matter), and OZ soldier had been knocked out and dragged into n empty room. With him, a sole figure stripped him of his uniform and weapon. Raising the pistol up, Heero cocked the hammer of the gun. Determination was set in his eyes as he saw what he had to do now.

"It's time."

Space Fortress Libra, in orbit of Lunar Base

"That force is unnecessary in space!"

That was the cry given as Tekkaman Altron charged toward the space fortress. Lancer in hand, he soared in rage as he was confronted with Taurus Sol-Tekka Dolls. Without so much as skipping a beat, the dragon tekkaman slashed right across the first doll and quickly moved over to the next one, without hesitation.

"You can't stop me!"

More dolls came at him and attacked, but they could do little to stop the raging tekkaman as he chopped all opposition down. The disrupter crystals didn't even seem to slow him down and soon all that surrounded Altron was debris. Seeing the Lunar Base, he made ready to continue his assault when his tekka-set shimmer.

"Hm?"

A dark form had mysteriously appeared behind him, without his notice. Serrated blades were aligned on dark armored arms and Altron was now face to face with Tekkaman Shirken.

"Chang Wufei. You haven't changed."

Altron simply glared, "I don't know who you are or how you know me, but you best to stay out of my way."

Shirken seemed to smile as he raised his left arm across his body, "I'm afraid that's not going to happen!"

Shirken suddenly flicked his arm across, sending several spikes of energy at Altron. Altron quickly spun his lancer and deflected the energy spikes.

"I don't have time for weaklings now."

Sliver cocked his head, "I can assure you that I have much more than that. In fact, I can honestly say that you are the one that will die here. Prepare yourself!"

Sliver ignited into his crystal hawk and charged…

Romefeller...

The inside of the parliament building was huge. The people that lined up in the seats were so numerous that the added darkness made it seem as though the building was endless. The only light that shone in the auditorium was on the stage in front. And standing at the podium in the center, none other than Relena Peacecraft; queen of the world. Relena's eyes were shut as she prepared herself and they softly opened as she began her speech.

"Every one of you is a world leader. But in order to continue being the leaders of the world, the Romafeller foundation must undergo some changes, in the same way our times are currently changing."

Unknown to everyone, in one of the balconies above, Heero, dressed in the stolen OZ uniform, made ready his gun as Relena continued on.

"Why is their always confrontation? It's natural that when more is more than one person is involved, the second person will be a potential source of conflict. In order to eliminate this, we must become unified as one."

'That's just idealism, Relena' Heero thought grimly. He lowered the gun and directed it straight at the stage; at Relena.

"I once again make a declaration." Relena went on, her voice raising. "In order to eliminate boundaries and become one peaceful, solidified nation, OZ, which holds the most power, must be the first to discard all of its weapons! When we talk of bringing the world together, we must not limit it to the Earth alone. It only takes two to start a conflict. Therefore, we must become one with the space colonies. The Earth must look to co-exist with outer space and outer space must look to co-exist with the Earth."

Heero paused, 'Earth and space co-exist?'

"We must disarm OZ and appeal to the people in outer space. I ask each of you as world leaders to accept these changes."

Her speech over, Relena looked across the audience. The people were deathly silent and Relena could see no friendly faces in the crowd. Suddenly, she felt a pair of eyes upon her and her gaze switched upward into the dark balconies. It was there that she saw him. Heero Yuy training a gun right on her.

'Heero…'
Resource Satellite

With the shuttle docked in the bay, D-Boy and Noal quietly entered the satellite, wearing space suit. The place seemed to be up and running, but there was no sign of any life. The duo moved through the corridor and down the hall. Judging by the design and energy emplacements, the satellite appeared to be a massive laboratory. The two soon reach a door at the end and motioned to open it, but the door didn't move. Looking off to the side, Noal saw the panel and pulled it off in an attempt to hot wire it, per say.

"Give me a moment. It's been a while."

Noal continued to mess with the wiring until a spark flashed out and the door opened. The two then entered a dimly lit room. A massive hole greeted them above, leading into space. Also pieces of debris floated in the space around. Computers and other equipment were on, but with only minimal power. Noal looked around and with his headlights, he found the controls for the power generator. Switching it on, the lights came up brightly. Also, a hatch came up over the opening and sealed up. Gravity soon followed and the settled to the ground. After a minute, they removed their helmets when the oxygen indicator came up.

"If this is a tekkaplant, it's nothing I've ever seen before." Noal commented.

D-Boy simply moved over to one of the computer terminal and went to work. Noal shrugged and did the same, accessing the data in them.

"Quantum stabilization…energy flux levels…whoever did this were sure ahead of their time."

"Yes." D-Boy agreed. "This data is far older than even what we have. Older and more advanced."

"Hey, look at this." D-Boy stopped in his work and looked over at the monitor where Noal was. On the screen, there were displayed various armored figures. Aligned with them were different kinds of formulas.

"Gundamium armor." Noal spoke. "So this is where the gundams were created." His eye suddenly caught something that continued to flash on all the formulas. "What is this? Core material?"

He clicked on the flashing message. No sooner than he did there came a slight rumbling from behind them. Turning around, they saw a large cylinder seemed to lift up into the ceiling. It wasn't until it reached a certain level then they realized that the cylinder was actually a cover with a large clear chamber behind it. The chamber was filled with bubbling liquid and wires. But what really caught their attention was what the wires were attached to. Floating within the tube was a young woman. Light green hair swayed within the bubbling liquid and wires were attached to her nude body. Noal's eyes widened and his mouth was agape, but that was nothing compared to D-Boy, who was shocked stiff, managing to utter one word.

"Miyuki!"

Miyuki, D-Boy's long lost sister, is alive, and with it comes more questions D-Boy wants answered. But an attack by the Radham caused him to put that on hold to save his sister. Romefeller now begins to move for peace, but the White Fang halt those efforts in space as they declare war on Earth. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: A New Leader