Disclaimer: See previous chapters

AN: Sorry for being out of the game for so long, but my home has been going through some changes which prevented me from writing for some time. But don't worry. I fully intend to finish this and every other fanfic I have written. So with that said, let's continue.

Chap. 59

Peacemillion

The massive spacestation was hidden away in the debris of an old colony that had been wrecked by the Radham some years ago. While they hid out, the crews on board moved to repair the ship after the blast they had received from the Libra. In the hanger bay, the young Space Knights were also working to repair and tune up their own ships.

"Hey, I thought I told you guys to leave that to the mechanics." Howard called out when he entered the bay.

Yumi turned to him. "Sorry, but it feels so much better to fix a machine with your own hands. Kind of makes you bond with it, ya know?"

Howard sighed. "Well, I know how that feels, but you guys should really get some rest. No telling when the next battle will come."

Anita poked her head out from the cockpit. "That why we're doing this now, but they have enough to deal with the Peacemillion's damage. This will save time and effort."

Natasha added in. "Plus, with no offense to your staff, we know the systems better than anyone."

When Howard didn't reply, David replied from inside the cockpit of Beta. "Don't worry. We're almost done. I have to catch my beauty sleep anyway."

The others giggled at the comment and Howard shrugged. "Well since you put it that way, I'll leave it to you."

Meanwhile in the control section, Noin, Sally and Noal were watching the screen that showed a diagram of the Earth or more to the point, the resource satellite MO-II that orbited just above it. According to the data, a massive force of weaponry and Sol-tekkas were being transferred into space to this very point.

"It looks like they pulling out all the stops on this one." Noal commented, seeing the numerous twinkling lights around the satellite.

"You're right." Noin agreed. "It looks like every Sol-tekka in the world is being gathered to this one point."

"Does Trieze really expect to finish this battle in space?" Sally questioned.

Noin lowered her head. "Perhaps. But I've never seen them all united together like this. What could those guys be thinking?"

"What indeed."

"Whatever it is, the result is going to be major." Noal then folded his arms. "I just wonder if it's the right idea."

Sally turned to him. "What makes you say that?"

"Not to bring up old subjects, but the Radham are still out there. This war may be just what they need to regain a foothold over Earth and the colonies."

Both women understood what he was saying. A massive conflict could be just what the Radham are looking for. With Earth battling the White Fang, it would be a simple task to swoop in and pick up the pieces.

"At this point, it's out of our hands." Sally replied. "We may have to wait for them to make the first move."

"As always." was the sulking reply

Earth

Trieze Khusrenada stood looking out of the window of the ground base, overseeing the launch of numerous ships in space, toward the MO-II resource satellite. It had taken him quite some time to gather all the Sol-Tekkas and additional weaponry at his command to this place, but he had achieved it. As a result, every weapon on Earth was now being used for this one battle.

"The final convoys have arrived sir." the soldier seated below him said. "They will be in orbit within the hour."

Trieze gave a light nod and turned to the others around him. "The time has finally come to put an end to this prolonged fight. Libra, who is using military force to threaten our peace, must be stopped. I ask each of you to fight your best to secure a peaceful future."

The soldiers all saluted to him and those who were sitting at their stations rose up to follow. This is what they were fighting for now. Their chance to have true peace on Earth. To obtain it, they would loyally follow Treize into the battle to obtain it.

Up to the death…

Graveyard

Dead once again found himself in the familiar setting of the graveyard. It was still wrecked by the last battle with Tekkaman Slayer and Dead doubted that anyone would come anytime soon just to repair a group of tombstones. As the damage lay behind him, Dead stared down into the pond, which remarkably survived intact. He remained motionless as he looked at his reflection. He was able to see how David was confused when he met with Slayer the first time and thought it was him. Dead did look like his sister. In memory of her, he had allowed his hair to grow long and wore long red-polished nails, giving him a feminine appearance. It didn't matter to him at the time though. All he cared about was revenge. And each time he looked at himself, he would see his sister and that would drive him further. But she is alive. His sweet, caring sister still lived. Only she wasn't sweet or caring. She had changed. She was the opposite now. She was now a cruel merciless warrior, bent on destroying mankind, even if she had to kill him to do it. And their last battle showed that truth, giving him the foreknowledge that in their next fight, she would do it again, and he wouldn't be so lucky the next time.

"Aurora…"

"Live in the present and fight for the future."

Blade's words… They were what changed him after his defeat. He thought that he would be able to change, to make up for the wrongs he had committed, and perhaps even find some peace. But that changed when she returned and briefly turned him. He almost destroyed everything he tried to reclaim. If not for Aki…

"Action's prove a man's worth."

Honda was right. This wasn't the time to brood. He had to face facts, that his sister was gone and that he would be facing a deadly adversary soon. His fists tightened softly and then he slowly reached back and pulled out his tekka-set knife.

It was time for a change…

Libra

The massive battlestation was looking more improved from its last battle and the damage caused by its own weapon. Hundreds of repair crews were scattered across it in diligent work and shuttles flew in and out. One particular shuttle was flying into the Libra, carrying a familiar person. Hilde Schbeiker.

'Duo, I know you're going to be angry with me, but I want to fight in my own way.'

On the bridge, Quinze entered in to deliver the repair report to Milliardo. "Repairs to the main cannon are complete and the structural damage will be repaired in time for the battle."

"Have all working crews finish up as soon as possible and tell everyone who is not on duty to get some rest." he replied. Standing up from his seat, he turned and walked to the elevator. "I'm going to rest too."

Quinze wasn't finished though. "But sir, what about the gundams?"

"Leave them alone."

"Sir?" was the surprised response.

"The Peacemillion was hit pretty hard." the commander answered quietly. "They'll be quiet for the time being."

Quinze pressed. "But sir, we can't let them be, because you alone, as Tekkaman Epyon, are our symbol. Anything else that gets in the way of that must be destroyed immediately."

Milliardo turned his head to the side. "Can we do that?"

"I've already sent a task force to them. I will achieve victory, sir." he answered strongly

Milliardo turned back, knowing that such a move against the gundams and the Space Knights would be futile now. Still, Quinze might just get lucky. He highly doubted that though.

"You're in charge now, so do whatever you please."

Quinze smiled…

Lower down in the Libra, Dorothy and Relena was walking through the bowels of the battlestation, through one of the docking bays that stored the Sol-Tekka Dolls. Dorothy walked along with a smile, as though she was taking a walk in a park on a sunny. Relena was quite the opposite. Her eyes were downcast with a look of despair and sadness. Regardless of this, Dorothy started the conversation.

"Do you feel that, Miss Relena? There's a tension in the air as people prepare for war."

When Relena didn't reply, Dorothy stopped in her tracks and turned to face her. "Still trying to think of a way to convince Mr. Milliardo?"

"I just don't understand why my brother would fight against a former friend of his instead of talking about it." Relena answered.

Dorothy sighed lightly. "It's just that you don't understand their feelings."

"What do you mean by that?"

Dorothy however, chose to change the subject by waving her hand to the side. "Look at those, Miss Relena."

Relena did as she was told and turned to face two particular Sol-Tekka machines. They stood out from their others largely because of their blue and red color schemes as well as weaponry.

"What are they?"

"Mercurius and Vayate. Their test pilots were Heero Yuy and Trowa Barton." She paused, looking at the surprised expression on Relena's face. Continuing her explanation. "They were two Sol-Tekkas until we converted them into Dolls. But the data from the pilots still remain at the core."

"Even Heero's?"

Dorothy lifted her head with an open grin. "A tekkaman against a programmed Doll… I wonder who would win."

"Heero won't loose." Relena replied confidently.

Dorothy looked at her, the grin now turning into a wicked smile. "Of course not. He's so strong, isn't he?" Her eyes narrowed at the last part as Relena's eyes saddened again at the realization that she may have spoken too much. Turning away again… "Now I have some work to attend to. Feel free to look around the complex."

She gave Relena a short bow and the floated over to the two machines. Relena continued to stare at the Mercurius, which had Heero's data installed into it. She was unaware of the person that had peeked out from behind one of the columns and whispered to her.

"Excuse me. Do you know one of the gundams?"

Space Knights Command Center

The doors to the command chamber hissed open, causing Honda and Millia to stop in their present work to see who it was.

"Aki, you're awake!" Millia cried. Indeed it was the Space Knight commander, who had finally revived from the last battle. Millia rushed over to hug her when she noticed the strained expression on her face. Placing her hands on her hips…"And supposed to be in bed."

Aki smiled at her concern. "I thought I could use a walk."

"All the way here?" Honda said, walking up behind Millia. "Who are you kidding? You're just being stubborn again."

"What's been going on?"

Realizing what she was asking, Millia answered. "Well, we're not sure. But there have been confirmed reports that the team and D-Boy have joined up with the gundams."

Aki lowered her head slightly. "Hm. So now we know where we stand." Lifting her head up… "Where's Dead?"

Honda shrugged. "I don't know. Haven't seen him since this morning."

Aki became quiet. She was faintly aware of his fight against Slayer. Although unconscious, she could sense the battle through her tekka-set. The fight must have taken its toll on the young man and he was susceptible to do anything right now.

"Let him be." Honda said, as though he could read her thoughts. "He just needs a little time and space."

Aki said nothing, but she complied. 'Just like him…'

Libra

"I see. So you know one of them too."

Hilde and Relena joined back at Relena's quarteds where Hilde told Relena of her friendship with Duo, one of the gundam tekkamen.

"Yes, I do. But I not strong enough to help them right now."

"You look strong enough to me." Relena replied. Her eyes then lowered. "I on the other hand probably can't do a thing to help them." Readdressing Hilde… "Anyway, it's too dangerous to stay here. You better make your escape now."

"Right. I've got to get this data to them right away." She pocketed a small disk she had, which contained the structural layout of Libra. Heading to the door, she turning back. "Hey. Why not come with me? You want to see that gundam again, right?"

Relena's eyes brightened for a moment, but she closed her eyes and shook her head. "I can't. I still have some things to take care of here." As much as she would have liked to see Heero again, she still had to deal with her brother here.

"Then I better be on my way." Hilde exited the room and after peering around, stepped out. Turning to Relena once more… "Oh, I didn't get your name."

"My name is Relena Peacecraft."

Hilde blinked, the name of the former Queen not unknown to those even in the colonies. "Whoa. Well, take care."

"You too."

On the bridge of the Libra, Dorothy entering in from the elevator after having finished her inspection of the Mercurius and Vayate Dolls and supposedly hearing about Quinze's attack order.

"Are you going to attack Peacemillion?"

"Yes." The white-haired man answered. "I've sent a task force already."

"It's no good." she scolded. "You can't defeat the gundam with Sol-Tekka Dolls."

"Well we won't know unless we try." Quinze shot back.

"Fine. Then go right ahead." Dorothy took a seat and placed a hand under her chin. "I just hope we don't lose a valuable force before the big battle."

Quinze was getting tired of Dorothy's remarks, but chose to ignore her for the time being. Suddenly a low shaking was felt and followed by one of the alarms ring. On the viewscreen, an object shot out from a now blown out section of the Libra.

"What's going on?" Quinze barked.

"A Taurus carrier is escaping." True enough, the object soaring away was a Taurus carrier and Sol-Tekka.

"What!"

"I've noticed that the carrier is making a B-line straight for Peacemillion." Dorothy indicated from behind.

"Send out the Virgos…" Quinze began to order. However he was cut off by Dorothy.

"Virgos won't do it. You should send the Mercurius and Vayate." She turned her head and smiled. "I'm sure that will get the gundams attention here."

At this point, Quinze had enough of this girl. "How about clamming up? This isn't a game here you know!"

Dorothy turned back and shot him a deadly glare. "How true. This is war, isn't it?"

Quinze growled, but complied with her nevertheless. Outside the Libra, another carrier was launched, this time carrying the two Dolls. The machines soared right after her and began to pick up the pace.

Peacemillion

"Howard and his team almost finished repairs to the Peacemillion." Quatre announced to the others in the galley while picking up his meal and sitting down.

"Oh?" Heero said quietly over his drink.

"You've got to had it to those guys." Duo remarked, playing a game of chess with Trowa. "They sure know how to move fast."

Trowa made his move. "But, I wonder if it will make up for lost time."

Duo sat back, seeing that Trowa had him in a tight spot. "Hm. Now what move should I be making?"

The move was made for him when Wufei moved from the side where he had been standing watching the game. Trowa smiled as he saw the change in tactics had helped Duo.

"An excellent play."

Wudei stood back. "Offense is the best defense. If you're only defensive, you limit yourself."

"Thanks for the tip Wufei." Duo replied. Turning over to Heero… "Heero, want to play?"

"…"

Silence wasn't new when dealing with Heero, but this time seemed different. As if he was…thoughtful…

"Is something the matter, Heero?" Quatre asked. But Heero remained quiet still. Just then the alarms in the Peacemillion went off.

"Sol-Tekka Dolls from Libra are approaching the Peacemillion." was the announced broadcast.

Duo sighed. "There you have it. They beat us to the punch, again."

"Let's go."

In the hanger room, the Space Knight heard the alert as well…

"Don't these guys know how to take a break?" Hayato whined as he hurried to put on his jet gear inside Alpha.

David jumped inside Beta. "They must have dull night lives."

"Save the jokes." Natasha grumbled. "We've got to move."

The Peacemillion's hanger doors opened up and the jets shot out. As they approached the horde of Sol-Tekka Dolls, they got ready for battle.

"Tek-Setta!"

Three beams of light swarmed out of their respective vessels and landed back on top, each holding one of the three Space Knight tekkamen.

"Tekkaman Hiver!"

"Tekkaman Vesna!"

"Tekkaman Sommer!"

Their metamorphisis complete, they were soon joined by five more beams flying out of the Peacemillion. The Gundam Tekkamen.

"Tekkaman Zero!"

"Tekkaman Hellscythe!"

"Tekkaman Heavyarms!"

"Tekkaman Sandrock!"

"Tekkaman Altron!"

From inside the Peacemillion, Howard gave the comment to the youths. "Try to be careful. Finish these guys as fast as possible so you don't get burned too much."

"Roger."

Noal, who was standing beside Howard, cracked a smile as the kids began to fight. "Look at them go. I actually feel better knowing that they're working together on this. Right D? D?"

D-Boy, who was previous standing behind Noal, had vanished. Noal was surprised for a bit before smiling.

"Disappearing on us again? You never change."

On the opposite side of the battle, Hilde's carrier was just approaching. But the carrier behind her caught up and the two Dolls separated. Locking on, Vayate fired a massive blast that destroyed the carrier. Fortunately, Hilde separated from the carrier in the Taurus Sol-Tekka before it exploded.

"Ughh. I'm almost there." But when the fired continued, she turned her attention to the attackers. "There's no way I'll let you defeat me now!" Rotating, she fired a stream of blast at the two Dolls, only to have them deflected by Vayate's energy shield. Hilde gasped in recognition.

"No. It's those Dolls!"

The duo continued to fire on her and Hilde quickly returned to flying to the Peacemillion. But their attacks were becoming more accurate and she didn't know how long she could dodge their fire.

'So close. I have to make it.'

Back in the Peacemillion, D-Boy slowly strode toward one of the rear hangers, his tekka-set shimmering lightly on his forehead. Looking upward, he whispered to himself.

"I know you're out there. Come out."

As if on cue, more alarms rang out. On the bridge, the others blinked with surprise as a new series of figure approached them from the rear.

"What the hell is that?" Noal questioned.

"A Radham force, sir." one of the crewmen answered. "They're coming in on attack from the rear."

"Now?" Sally said in dismay.

"It's a setup." Noin reasoned. "They were waiting for the others to leave."

"And leave the Peacemillion defenseless." Noal finished. He then began to head to the hanger for a Sol-Tekka. "Well, they're…"

He was suddenly stopped when a voice came over the comm. D-Boy's…

"Leave them to me."

D-Boy continued to walk into the hanger. Then his pace picked up and he broke out in a full on run. His crystal flashed in his hand and he jumped up toward the bay doors.

"Tek-Setta!"

He transformed into an emerald beam that phased through the doors and to the outside. As the Radham approached, the transformation continued, giving D-Boy his familiar white and red armor and incredible powers.

"Tekkaman Blade!"

Blade dove straight into the battle, not using his usual method of flaring up his crystal hawk, but rather boosting in normally and slashing the enemy apart. Even without the crystal hawk, Blade was amazingly fast and he rarely had to block the attacks and he cut the Radham down in half with his lancer.

Back to the previous battle, the gundam and the Space Knights worked well together. Much more so then when they were apart. Under Quatre's directions and strategies, the group fought as a single unit, pulverizing every machine that approached them. Yet the numbers were still on their side.

"Geez, there's just no end to them." Hellscythe muttered and he ripped apart three Dolls. His sensors then alerted him to a message.

"Peacemillion…Peacemillion, can you read me?"

'Hey…That voice…'

"Peacemillion, please answer! Duo! Ahhhhh!" The communication cut off.

"Hilde!" Hellscythe cried.

"Go find her." Sandrock replied, hearing the same broadcast.

"And leave you guys?"

"Hurry." Sandrock insisted. "We can handle everything here."

"Alright. Thanks." With that, he shot away from the battle to find his friend.

In the rear battle, Blade was more than holding his own against the Radham forces. They stood no chance against the veteran tekkaman and were soon crushed amidst the debris field. But Blade knew that wasn't the real attack. He had sensed something else.

"You can stop hiding."

"I hope you've enjoyed that little warm-up, because now the real fun begins."

Two pairs of eyes shimmered from within the debris and two tekkamen floated out into open space. Tekkaman Sliver and Tekkaman Shirken.

"You are as powerful as they say." Sliver commented. He then pointed his staff lancer at him. "But even your power can't stop the two of us."

"Let's find out." Blade replied quietly.

Shirken raised his arms, allowing his arm blade to shimmer and glow. "I have been waiting for this. Rahhhhhh!"

Shirken and Sliver charged at the white tekkaman, who stood prone for a moment. But in a flash, he rushed up and clashed with the first one of the evil gundams, being Shirken. Energy clashed between them and Shirken tried to press on, but Blade twisted his lancer downward, causing Shirken to fall away while he had to deal with the still approaching Sliver. Sliver's staff lancer struck out and clashed with Blade's lancer, but only for a moment as Blade used the same maneuver to slide away from Sliver, twisted around as he passed and punched the dark tekkaman in the back of the head. Sliver fell forward and Blade was about to press the attack when Shirken returned, waving his arms a sending a salvo of energy darts. Blade had to pause in his attack and boost aside before they hit him. But now he realized the situation he was in. Both tekkamen were quite powerful and if he didn't end this fast enough, they may do him some serious damage.

"Running away Blade?" Sliver mocked. "Perhaps because you realize that you are outmatched, old man?"

Blade's eyes shimmered in response and he leveled his lancer to wait for the next attack. The two tekkamen looked at each other briefly before springing to attack. Shirken ignited his wristblades and shot them furiously at Blade while Sliver charged in headlong. Blade used his lancer to deflect the flying blades, but was unable to stop Sliver from rushing into him and slamming him into a massive piece of debris. Blade staggered a bit to rise and suddenly launched his lancer. Sliver dodged the weapon, but only to be caught in by a flying kick from the white tekkaman. Meanwhile the lancer flew in on its true target, Tekkaman Shirken. Shirken stopped firing and instantly moved out of the way. Blade launched his cable out, snagged the lancer and swung it in back and Shirken. Shirken was almost beheaded and just managed to duck out of the way. Retrieving the lancer, Blade returned to but the dark tekkaman was not he was before.

"Voltekka!"

Sliver had somehow flown high up and had charged his voltekka cells, which were all fitted on his lancer. Blade blinked with his armor. 'He's fast. How did he manage to do that?' But his question was only answer by the stream of energy that flew at him, which looked like a thousand energy waves flying out in different directions. Blade didn't have time for reflectors, so he had to do something else.

"Voltekka!"

His shoulder armor popped open and he launched his out blast of energy. The two waved collided in a terrific explosion that even rattled the nearby Peacemillion. When the explosion died out, the two dark ones were together again. Blade stood in wait for the next assault, but now things were going to get harder. True, Sliver had lost a great deal of energy in that blast and was less likely to fight as hard as before, but Blade wasn't exactly 100 percent now either. And with a still powerful Shirken, his chances didn't look good.

Speaking of bad chances, Hilde was in deep trouble. The Mercurius and Vayate Dolls were in hot pursuit, firing at her all the while and many of their shots damaging the Taurus Sol-Tekka.

"Watch! I'll make it!" she asserted. Another blast from the Mercurius hit the side of the Taurus and damaged it, erupting inside and wounding Hilde badly. She winced in pain, but continued to fly.

"It's not over yet." She looked at her inner pocket. "I'll get this data to Duo and the others. Just watch me. I'm not going down."

If the dolls were human, they probably would have laughed at her seemingly futile effort. But as they were not, they continued to attack. The last shot had damaged part of the Taurus's boosters and it was now slow enough to finish. Vayate flew in and locked on to the Taurus. Target locked, it fired the finishing blow and even Hilde realized at that moment that she was not going to make it.

Until Death literally flew in and shielded her…

The two dolls stopped in their assault as the analyzed what had just happened. Tekkaman Hellscythe had flow in just in time to intercept the blast with his wing armor.

"Hilde. You still alive in there?"

Hilde moaned lightly, but replied. "Yeah. Somehow or other."

Turning his attention to the enemy machines, he unfolded his wing and stood in battle position, keeping Hilde behind him.

"Stay back. I'll take care of these guys." He leveled his scythe forward and in a blast of energy, flew right at them.

"Duo, be careful!" Hilde warned. Hellscythe brought his weapon back to lunge and Mercurius met the charge, unfurling its own sword weapon. Mercurius held off Hellscythe's attack, but Hellscythe pushed it back and moved in for the kill. But Mercurius unfurled it energy shield, instantly blocking Hellscythe's attack.

"What?"

At the same moment, Vayate flew up from behind Mercurius and fired a shot, forcing Hellscythe to back up. Seeing this, Mercurius stabbed forward with its saber, forcing Hellscythe to block low. But the block was too awkward and Hellscythe was slashed across the shoulder.

"What the heck is going on? They're way too strong to be just Dolls." It was true. Not only their strength, but also their battle tactics, their speed, it was all far more than the usual Doll. It was as though…

"Duo." Hilde called back to him. "Those Sol-Tekka Dolls aren't normal. They are programmed with data taken from you gundams."

Hellsycthe blinked within. "Are you sure?" The Dolls moved in for attack and it was then that Hellscythe realized whose data it was. The attack style and patterns… He recognized them now.

"Heero…and Trowa."

On the other side of the Peacemillion, the battle was beginning to go badly for the Space Knight Commander. The dark tekkamen had gone into an all out assault on him and with his diminished strength, he was beginning to get defense. He had to stop. To draw the fight any longer would only spell certain doom for him. But Shirken was pressing the advantage, constantly attacking Blade while Sliver stayed in the back and fired his beams at him and although the attacks were wasted at the moment, they was getting closer to their goal.

"Give up, Blade." Shirken taunted as he came in for another strike. "You are defeated."

Their blades locked up and Blade pressed hard. Sliver suddenly flew in from the side and fired another beam-blade of energy that struck Blade's side, caused the armor to explode and Blade to be wounded.

"Guaahhh!"

Seeing Blade injured, Shirken pushed Blade back and launched his wristblades. Blade raised his arms to block, but the blades continued to swarm him, damaging him all over.

"Nhhhhhahhh!"

His crystal flashed, alerting the others to his plight. But they were too embroiled in their own battles to be of any help to him. There was no one in range.

Except…

"We have an alert." A crewman reported in Peacemillion. "There's a tekkaman active inside the ship."

Noal turned to him in shock. How did a tekkaman get inside? "What? Where?"

"The medical bay."

Noal blinked in disbelief. "Miyuki. Of course, she's a tekkaman. What the hell are you…Wait." He had just realized the full message of the crewman. "What do you mean active?"

That was answered when a flash of red energy shot out of the Peacemillion and directly at the battle between Blade and the dark tekkamen. Noal was in shock as to the whole thing.

"I don't believe this."

Meanwhile, Shirken continued his assault on Blade while Sliver readied another beam-blade energy shot. Blade saw this and got ready to brace himself when he sensed it.

'Brother!'

"Miyuki!"

Oblivious, Sliver continued to target Blade when he was alerted to a flash of energy coming right at him. Shirken too, stopped in his assault and witnessed the energy coming right at them. Only when it zoomed close enough did they realize what it was.

A crystal hawk…

"What!"

The tekkamen dashed aside as the ruby crystal hawk flew on past. The energy then swirled around and came in for another attack and again, they had to dodge to avoid it. The energy wings soon came at Blade and stopped, materializing into the tekkaman form underneath.

"Miyuki. You're awake."

Miyuki –Tekkaman Rapier- nodded to him. "How…long has it been?"

Blade wanted to answer, but they both knew it would have to wait. Sliver and Shirken were beginning to regroup. Rapier summoned forth her sword lancer and prepared it as Blade leveled his own lancer again, splitting it into to weapons. They made ready for any attack the dup might bring, but to their surprise, the tekkamen flew away and disappeared. Rapier held her stance for a bit and then faltered back. Blade caught his sister just in time.

"Are you alright?"

"Yes. Just…a little tired."

Blade nodded and flew back to the Peacemillion, with his beloved sister in his arms.

Meanwhile, the Mercurius and Vayate continued to rain down energy on Hellscythe who nimbly avoided the attacks. Hellscythe laughed beside himself.

"You've got to be kidding me. So this is like fighting the two of them at once, isn't it?"

Mercurius came in for another slash. Hellscythe tried to deflect it, but ended up in a block. Meanwhile, Vayate swooped in from behind and fired another blast from its cannon. Hellscythe shot his boosters to avoid the blast, but was nicked by it.

"Even so…"

Mercurius charged in again and Vayate began to lock on as well.

"They're pretty good copies…"

Suddenly, Hellscythe disappeared from view, causing the two dolls to stop for a moment. But a moment was all that Hellscythe needed as he reappeared a minute later, backslashing the paused Vayate and running it through with the scythe lancer.

"But they're still just dolls to me."

With one destroyed, Hellscythe move in on the Mercurius in full charge.

"You don't expect a gundam tekkaman to lose to Dolls!" he raged. Mercuried let loose it shields again, in an attempt to imprison the gundam inside the shield. But Hellscythe slashed them apart before they reached him and when Mercurius came in, it was slashed as well. Flying back, Hellscythe move in to finish.

"You've…met your match!"

Hellscythe sliced right through, cutting the final Doll in half and letting it explode behind him.

"Next time, you'd be better off programming my data."

The fight over, Hellscythe flew over to Hilde, whose Sol-Tekka was in bad shape. "Hilde. Hilde, say something. Hilde!"

A low moan came over the comm again and it took a bit longer for her to answer. "Hey, Duo. I'm glad you're okay."

"Yeah, but you're in terrible shape. Why the hell did you come all the way out here for?"

Slowly, Hilde reached into her pocket and pulled out the disk. Fortunately, through the whole battle, it was undamaged. "I've have this data on Libra. Please, use it."

"Why? Why did you risk your life?"

"Because…well…I wanted to, Duo."

Hellscythe lowered his head. "Geez. You're a stupid fool!"

Hilde smiled, hearing the concern and worry despite the remark. "I figured you'd say something like that."

In the central battle, the remaining gundams and Space Knights had finished off the massive Doll force. With the fighting over, all returned to Peacemillion. This defeat was not unseen by the Libra.

"The Peacemillion task force has been completely wiped out."

Quinze stood in shock at this news, not believing that such a massive force to have been completely destroyed by a few tekkamen. Behind him, Dorothy giggled.

"That's such a shame. It's funny, that's what I predicted would happen to them." Dorothy stood from her seat. "Well, at least there something in the face that the tekkamen had to fight so hard." With another giggle, she left the still-stunned Quinze behind.

Onboard the Peacemillion, Hilde was taken in to the medical bay from loss of blood and Miyuki along with her, having passed out from exhaustion. Outside the bay, the group stood together in silence at this.

"We can't let that data she brought us go to waste." Quatre said to Duo.

"No…" Hilde had risked her life to bring it to them, so it must have been important. Duo soon turned to Heero, who was standing nearby.

"Heero. Relena Peacecraft is on Libra."

"She is?"

Duo nodded. "Yeah. Hilde said she met her there."

Heero looked away and out into the stars. With Relena in Libra, things were going to get tight for the coming battle.

'Relena…'

Space Knight Command Center

"So the Peacemillion is in that sector."

Honda, Millia and Aki were busy working in the command room. Actually, it was just Millia and Honda. Millia had insisted that Aki not do any work and always gave her irritated glances when she tried to. In the end, Aki wound up simply sitting there and watching their progress, and in truth she was grateful for the rest. She was more drained out than she thought. Currently, they were searching for the location of the Peacemillion although that took some time. In the end, it was verified that the Peacemillion was in a destroyed colony after a fierce battle with the Libra.

"Yeah. Good place to regroup." Aki stated.

Millia sat back in her seat. "Now we just need to get there and find out what's going on."

"The Blue Earth is ready to go at any time." Honda spoke in.

"Mind an extra passenger?"

The three turned to the sound of the new voice and their eyes widened with surprise. It was Dead End, but his appearance had changed. The once long hair had been cut short and the red nails he wore were removed as well. He still looked somewhat feminine, but now it wasn't obvious.

"Dead? Is that you?" Honda asked.

Dead smiled and nodded. "Yeah. Thought I change the look and move on." He glanced over at Aki. "…Chief. I'm sorry…for everything."

Aki blinked. That was the first time he had called her Chief and apologized to her. 'Looks like he got over his problems after all.' Or at least start to. Either way, this was a changed man that stood before them.

"Don't apologize. I'm just glad you didn't get too lost in despair."

Millia, who had been glaring at him, stood up from her seat and strode over to him. Honda nervously clutched the seat as he remembered the last time those two confronted each other. Millia soon stood before the young man and shut her eyes.

"Then I guess…I'm sorry for slapping you before."

Dead lowered his head. "You're the one that doesn't need to apologize. I deserved it."

"Perhaps. But I still am."

Honda decided to break the moment. "Well, we should get to work then, shouldn't we?" He then added humorously. "After all, we're on the brink of the end of civilization as we know it."

Aki gave a brief smile before ordering. "Right. Get the Blue Earth ready for takeoff. We have to find the others."

Unknown

"Rapier… So she survived too."

Sliver and Shirken had returned to their master to tell him of the new development. Even though they had failed in their mission, their master was unconcerned about it now.

"No matter." he continued. "She'll never reach her full power by the time we begin our conquest. And this will seal our victory." His head tilted to the side, revealing a single pulsing blob on the wall. A tekkapod.

"The final gundam tekkaman. Awaken, Tekkaman Sai!"

The pod flashed and blinked in random lights and then exploded in a splash, releasing the new gundam tekkaman inside. The creature remained bent before its master and it eyes shimmered to life.

"I am here, master."

The battle is underway and Trieze advances on toward Libra. But will the former friends really start this fight? Also, Heero manages to invade Libra and confront Zechs face to face, rescuing Relena along the way. Aki, Millia and Dead go out to meet the Peacemillion, but encounter trouble along the way. And in the darkness of the moon's shadow, a new force is ready to strike the final blow to all of mankind. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: Milliardo's Decision.