Disclaimer: See previous chapters
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AN: It's back. And ready for the finish.
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Chap. 61
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The swarm of Leo Sol-Tekkas swarmed ahead in space, with the mighty battleship Libra ahead of them as their target. Leading the troops is the leader of the World Nation himself, Treize Khusrenada, in his Tallgeese II Sol-Tekka.
"Fellow comrades, only warriors exist in this world. That purity is what makes this battlefield so beautiful. Let us finish the final battle of mankind, and keep the horrors of war away from our home."
In response, the pilots of the machines cheered and with loud battle cries, they attacked their enemies, the White Fang and their Sol-Tekka Dolls. As the battle erupted, from the orbiting satellite MO-II, Lady Une, who had recently recovered from a coma, was organizing events from behind the battle.
"This battle is a crucial moment in our history. It must become something for people to talk about for generations to come. For that reason, many warriors here will end up having to sacrifice their lives."
Aboard the Libra, officer there too were moving into action, sending out the powerful Virgo Sol-Tekka dolls, unaware of the true nature that lay within their programming.
"All Mobile Doll troops have entered battle with the enemy's main troops and commando units." Quinze announced as the battle emerged before them. Behind him, Dorothy Catalona watched with interest and beside her, the leader of the White Fang, Milliardo Peacecraft, took in the fighting with less enthusiasm but greater purpose.
"This battle is only the beginning. We must make the Earth…and all its residents know the strength and determination of the space colonies."
As so, the battle went on, each side fighting for ideas that had to be settled, for a peace that seem at this point impossible. However, there was more to this than either side could see as key individuals were soon to make their own presence known in this great battle.
Space Ring
"Not hungry?"
"No."
Just below the oncoming battle between Earth and Space, Dead and Slayer sat at a table with plates of food in front of them. Due to the declared battle, all residents of that area had left, leaving the two siblings to themselves in a small café. While Dead was a bit apprehensive and anxious, Slayer was calmly eating the meal in front of her. Her crimson eyes locked onto Dead's at his refusal to eat.
"Ah, come now. You should eat. As it stands, you'll need all the strength you can get." She paused from eating and looked up at the transparent glass revealing outer space. "Hm, it has begun. Look Dead. Look upon the foolishness of your humans. Honestly, fighting each other." She lowered her head back to her meal. "It's quite sad when you think about it."
"Why do you say that?"
In truth, Dead didn't know why he asked that. He simply wanted this moment to pass and hope that they wouldn't have to come to blows. But for that to happen, there had to be some communication, some way to get her to understand. But he had to hear her side first.
"They would rather destroy themselves rather than submit to anyone." she replied, shaking her head. "Even to their own kind."
Dead simply remained silent. What could he say? A part of what she said was true. Humans seemed to always be in a continuous battle, whether it be with themselves or the Radham. It was as if they lived only to fight.
"They are nothing more than animals." Slayer continued. "Wild and untamed."
Dead narrowed his eyes. "Is that what you believe?"
"Look above you. The proof as they say, is in the pudding." After saying that, she grabbed a nearby cup of pudding and began to slowly eat the dessert, as to put emphasis on what she said.
"You might be right. But as long as there are people who want nothing to do with this, then as a Space Knight, I will protect them from such horror. Horrors like Black September..."
Both Slayer and Dead were partly surprised by his response, for different reasons. Slayer was surprised that after all that had happened and what they were seeing now, he would still want to side with the Earth. For Dead, his surprise came from the fact that for the first time, he openly declared himself a Space Knight. Slayer let out a low sigh and twirled her spoon.
"Hm. I guess that you're not going to join me after all."
"I could say the same, but please..." He looked over at the person sitting across from him, hoping that some part of her was his sister; that she wouldn't partake in this. "Leave your master. Join the Space Knights with me. Then maybe, you'll understand what I'm talking about."
Slayer lowered her eyes to the pudding cup and lifted in up to her face. "I think…this will be the only thing I miss. The delicacies." Taking the last of the dessert in her mouth, she slurped it right off. "But it is a small price to pay…" Her eyes snapped up to Dead fiercely. "…for the coming new order!
"Aurora…"
"Aurora is dead!" In a snap, the woman shot up from her seat, pushing the table over and causing the contents to spill out on the floor. Dead rose up as well, only to see her now holding her tekkaset crystal. "I am Tekkaman Slayer!"
"Don't do this!"
"Tek-Setta!"
Exploding in a blast of energy, Slayer transformed into her battle form. Armor formed and weaponry emerged as the last of Dead End's disappeared and was reborn as Tekkaman Slayer. Upon seeing this, Dead End saw that he had no choice. Unsheathing his tekka-knife, he soon called forth his own powers.
"Tek-Setta!"
With the same blast of energy, Dead End stretched out his arms and let the transformation take place. His own dark armor formed around him and his lancer shimmered in his hand. Once again, Tekkaman Dead must face Tekkaman Slayer. And this time, there must be a victor. But unfortunately for Dead, that meant one thing.
The loser must die…
Libra
As the battle played out in the vastness of space, technicians and repairmen went to work in keeping Libra working, repairing the main cannon so they can use it again. However, as they went about this work, in one of the weapon bays, Heero sat silently with his arms folded and eyes closed. Beside him, Relena stood up over him, wondering just what they could do to stop this war.
"Heero…"
"I'm going to stay here until this battle settles."
"Huh?"
"It would be hard for Trieze to destroy Libra right now." he answered her. "So when the time comes, I'll do it myself."
"But I still think we have to stop this battle." Relena pressed. "Dictators are the only ones who sacrifice lives in order to achieve peace." Although Zechs had explained it to her, she still couldn't see that to being the best solution. She didn't see it as a solution at all.
The young tekkaman simply replied back. "But Zechs and Treize are ready to sacrifice their own lives. That's why I have no intention of stopping them." From his point of view, that just made things easier for him. But more importantly, that was how things were to play out. The Zero Crystal showed him that much.
"But…"
Suddenly, he turned to look up at her. "You stay right here with me."
"Huh?" She was stunned to hear this from him and slowly asked. "You're going to protect me, Heero?"
Heero turned back to his previous stance. "I just don't want to feel I owe Zechs something when we end up fighting."
Relena regarded the answer and simply smiled. True, she was now powerless to do anything about this battle. But if someone was capable of putting an end to it, it would be Heero. And…the thought of staying with him pleased her. With a mental nod, she settled down and took a seat beside him.
"If this battleship really does go do, there wouldn't be any reason for you to fight my brother."
Now it was Heero's turn to regard her…
Peacemillion
Not far from the ongoing battle, the white ship was treading through space toward the fighting. Onboard, the onlookers watched the battle between the World Nation and the White Fang play itself out.
"So far, the two sides are pretty even." Howard explained. Turning to the tekkamen behind him, he questioned. "So…who will we side with?"
"Well, it looks even now. But that's because Libra hasn't fired its main cannon." Trowa noted.
Duo added with a smirk. "Because every time they fire, it needs to be fixed. That's helping out the Earth's side. But once it's fixed, then the White Fang will have the advantage."
Anita folded her arms. "I doubt the colonies would endorse battle on this level, whether the White Fang represents them or not."
"The White Fang is only representing the opinions a potion of the colonies." Quatre said in return. "Not the colonies as a whole. I'm sure there are people in the colonies that are hoping for peace."
"Maybe…" Wufei said from nearby. "But would helping Trieze really be in the best interests of space?"
"Trieze is fighting only the Libra and the Sol-Tekka Dolls." Quatre answered. "Not the colonies."
Goliate nodded. "True enough. He declared it himself. He wants it to end here."
"Not only that, but the Dolls are connected to the Radham in some way." Hayato added. "They have to be stopped before it's too late." Whatever it was that was happening to the dolls, it was fairly certain that the Radham had some sort of control over them. That being the case, they had to be stopped before they could be allowed to turn against everyone; World Nation and White Fang included.
"Those are good points." Torwa replied. "The main threat right now is definitely the Libra and the White Fang."
Wufei looked over at the screen and mentally nodded. "You've sold me. That thing's got way too much power."
"But what about Heero and Miss Relena?" Sally asked.
Another smirking reply from Duo. "They'll be just fine, knowing him."
Howard readdressed the group. "Okay. So it's settled?"
"You bet." Quatre confirmed. "Just keep Peacemillion headed for Libra."
David then added. "And while you guys are doing that, we'll destroy as many Dolls as we can until you can shut them down. At the very least, we can reduce their number in case they decide to turn mid-battle."
Noin turned to the Space Knights. "If that's the case, you should go immediately then."
"Yeah." Turning to the exit door, he motioned to the others. "Come on, team. Let's go."
David exited the bridge with the other behind him. As they moved to the hanger bay, Hayato noticed Yumi slowing down in front of him. Floating to the side, he noticed her down expression.
"Is something wrong, Yumi?"
The young Space Knight blinked and shook her head. "Oh, I'm fine." Her eyes lowered again. "It's just…"
"You're worried about D-Boy." he sighed.
"A little." she admitted.
"You shouldn't worry." the pilot assured her. "He and the Chief can handle themselves. But we have to focus on our part."
"You're right." Yumi nodded, trying to cheer herself up. But then she added thoughtfully. "Hey, I never thought you become so determined, Hayato."
The young man scratched the back of his head shyly as his face began to flush a bit from embarrassment. After all the battles and fighting he had been through, it was this one compliment from Yumi that made him forget all about it. And then reality caught up to him, in the form of David's mocking voice.
"Hey, you lovebirds, let's get a move on it already."
They both floated on to catch up, now with both their faces red with embarrassment…
Lunar Orbit
In the shadow of the moon, the Blue Earth 2 soared silently toward the lone object. Inside, the three occupants were equally silent as they drew closer. The moon hasn't exactly been the place of good memories for them, especially for D-Boy. Even now, he could vividly remember the last time he came here.
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Greetings! It's been too long, Blade.
Yes, Omega. I couldn't agree more. I should have taken you out a long time ago.
Easier said than done, Tekkaman. What's that? Evil's crystal. So he who was once your brother Shinya is no more. Sword, too, is gone. You consider yourself noble and good. What have you done but betray us and murder you friends and your own flesh and blood. Now you come for me. Do you seek the obliteration of your entire family? Is that it? Shall none of us survive?
Kengo?
Yes, little brother. Until the Radham chose me as their Warlord. The Tekka-pods aboard their probe knew I was the strongest life form on the Argos, that I would let nothing stop me. Nothing! You are too late. My strength is restored and the Mothership is aloft. The planet below belongs to me now.
No, it's never too late. Not while I'm alive.
That's a condition soon to change.
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That was his most grueling battle, far more so than his fight against Evil previously. But in the end, Blade's determination and will brought him victory. But it came with a cost. The first Pegasus was destroyed and with it, Blade's tekka-set crystal. Not only that, but his memory had been lost as well and he no longer knew of himself as the white tekkaman, nor did he remember the painful and brutal battles he had gone through. But Omega had been defeated and with him the Radham. With Aki constantly at his side taking care of him, he could finally obtain the peace he had deserved.
Or so they thought…
Some months after the battle, the tekka-pods that was still active on Earth and in the colonies sprouted forth, imprisoning hundreds and beginning the process of transforming them into Radham tekkamen. The Space Knights went to work on trying to free the prisoners, but the remaining Radham fiercely guarded the sites and their efforts were greatly reduced. It was then that the military created the first line of Leo Sol-Tekkas. With this added force, they were able to clear much of the Earth, but that left the colonies. But the military refused to help them, leaving them to fend off for themselves with only the Space Knights to render any aid.
At the same time, D-Boy began to have nightmares, triggered by the telepathic cries of those captured. This also began to trigger him memory and ultimately restoring it. With his memory returned, D-Boy sought to help, but without his crystal, he was powerless. But then, he somehow managed to cause it to materialize from his body as before and transform, once again becoming Tekkaman Blade. It was discovered that the crystal was able to regenerate, although it took a great deal of time to do so. Also, because of the power imbued upon him by Evil's crystal, Blade was even more powerful in his normal state than ever before, capable of flying from Earth to the Moon without the need of a second crystal. But more importantly, the time limit that had been a curse on Blade seemed to have disappeared, although the reasons for that were unknown. With his powers restored, Blade cleared the Earth of the last of the Radham pods as well as the ones in space. But a great deal of people was already altered into primary bodies, the halfway point between human and tekkaman. A large number were from the colonies, thus giving the military a target and ultimately leading up to the tragedy of Black September. As D-Boy looked on, he couldn't help but wonder if he was fated to go through such a nightmare again.
Behind D-Boy and Aki, Noal noticed D-Boy's dejected expression as well as Aki's worried glance. He didn't blame them for it. They were on a serious mission and once again, time was not on their side. 'Guess I'll have to break the ice…again.'
"Isn't this something. Us flying through the stars, a horde of Radham in our faces, all in a desperate bid to try and save the Earth and the Colonies. Just like the good old days."
"Don't say that." Aki whispered with a light smile. "It makes me feel old."
Noal grinned. "Ah, come on. You know you'll still be beautiful while I'll be old, gray and in a wheelchair somewhere. I'm sure D will agree with me, right?"
Lowering his head in slight embarrassment, D made no reply in return but he did smile. The moment however, was lost when the alert signal went off, telling them they were approaching the lunar surface. Skimming over the gray ground, the Blue Earth landed just a distance away from the abandoned Lunar Base. Since the Dolls were first engineered there, it was the ideal place to start. Not only that, but it was near the former site of Omega's mothership. D-Boy and Aki exited first, wearing spacesuits to protect them from space. Behind them, Pegasus 2 marched out of the hanger bay with Noal beside him, piloting his old Sol-Tekka suit. The four figured moved toward the base, approaching the horizon point and just seeing the battle between Earth and the White Fang in the distance.
"Whoa." Noal whistled. "They certainly unloaded the full extras in that fight. I've never seen anything like it.
D-Boy took it in astonishment as well. "I don't think…anyone has."
It was then that both her tekka-set and D-Boy's glowed on their foreheads. At that moment, the ground before them began to erupt, causing them to back away. The base was soon engulf in a great chasm and crumbled within it. The team soon got to their bearing when they saw it. Hordes of Radham streaked into the sky, lining up in battle formation.
"My god." Aki spoke breathlessly. "There are so many."
"They must have been gathering here for months." Noal added.
Amidst the swarm of Radham, four distinct figures emerged and spotted the team. They were recognized immediately. Tekkamen. The human tekkamen under the control of the Radham.
Shrapnel, Sliver, Shirken, and Sai…
"Well, this just keeps getting better." Noal muttered.
The crimson eyes of the four warriors glowed venomously at the team, but they were mostly centered in on their leader, D-Boy.
"Tekkaman Blade." Sliver hissed. "We meet again. And you brought more company this time."
Shrapnel soon stepped in to speak. "You've come just in time to see the grand conquest of the Earth. And this time, you will not stand in our master's way."
"Who's way?" D shouted. "Who is your master!"
"The only way to know the answer is to go through us." Shirken answered. "And this time, you will not walk away alive." Raising his arm, he called for a dozen Radham reinforcements from the army behind him and with loud shrieks; they assembled behind the dark tekkamen.
"None of you will."
Aki had heard enough. It was obvious the direction this would take and she wanted to get in as soon as possible. Turning to the machine behind her… "Pegasus, Tek-Setta!"
"Command acknowledged."
The machine whirled around and opened its interlock chamber. Aki wasted no time in dive inside and the chamber closed up, releasing her moments later, now as the Scarlet Tekkaman. D-Boy watched this and followed suit, summoning his emerald crystal into his hand.
"Tek-Setta!"
The glow of the crystal and the flash of light engulfed D-Boy as the white armor of his legendary persona came to form. Emerald eyes shimmered brightly as his form came to the full, revealing the white tekkaman; Tekkaman Blade. Having watched their transfomation from behind, Noal set himself ready for combat, his quantum energy cannon already targeting the Radham that were beginning to charge in.
"Just like the good old days…"
As the battle raged on before the Libra, from the outskirts of the battlefield, Alpha, Beta and Gamma approached the heated fighting. The team of six watched the battle with great amazement as they saw just how fierce the fighting was.
"Man, this is going to be rough no matter how we approach it." Goliate muttered sternly.
"Well, at least all those practice lessons won't go to waste." Anita added.
"Our targets are the Dolls." Natasha reviewed. "It shouldn't be too hard not to get them and the Earth force mixed up."
Hayato nodded in agreement. "I'll say. Why would they battle in Leo Sol-Tekkas against Virgo Dolls?
"It doesn't seem to matter." Goliate spoke in again. "Howard mentioned earlier that they were evenly matched anyway."
"That will change if the Radham start controlling them, so we better get to work." This came from Yumi, which surprised a good deal of them. But Hayato remembered how she felt before about fighting in this, how she had almost killed a Sol-Tekka pilot and decided not to fight at first. But now, things were different. Now she needed to fight if humanity were to survive. She just had to count on herself not to slip up and hurt somebody. While they got ready, Anita noticed that David was strangely quiet.
"David. Is something wrong?"
"I thought I…" he started. However, he stopped and became silent again. Shaking his head, he focused on the situation before him. "It's nothing. I'm fine. Yumi's right. We better get to work."
With nothing else to discuss, the starjets soared right into the thick of battle, blazing a path into the White Fang's Sol-Tekka Dolls. As the pilots maintained their focus on flying, their passengers went about their entry into the battle.
"Tek-Setta!"
Three beams of light soared out of the starjets and settled on top of them. Each beam materialized into an armored warrior, the next generation of Space Knights.
"Tekkaman Hiver!"
"Tekkaman Vesna!"
"Tekkaman Sommer!"
A second later, they added more heat to the battle…
Libra
"The Space Knights?" Quinze said in surprise to the appearance of the three. "What in the world are they doing here?"
"Their loyalty has always been to the Earth, so I guess it's no surprise." Milliardo answered simply. Even though their actions brought questions to his mind, he dismissed them as they were irrelevant to this battle.
"If they're here, that means the Peacemillion and the Gundams must be nearby." Quinze reasoned. "Scan the area and see."
The officer went to work and soon discovered the ship in question. "We've confirmed Peacemillion's location. They're going around the battle zone and coming toward us."
Quinze was exasperated by this report. Their approach meant that they were going to attack them from the side. "Those idiots. The Gundams are regarding us as enemies even at a time like this."
The mocking laugher of Dorothy echoed behind him. "That's no surprise. From their prospective, every force is an enemy."
"This is no laughing matter." Quinze growled, wheeling around. "We can't afford to send our front line Mobile Dolls to face them. We have no means to stop them."
Milliardo suddenly arose from his seat. "I'll face them."
"What? You will?"
Moving to the exit, he continued. "I'm taking three Virgos with me."
"Only three?" Quinze didn't know how much more of this he could take. "That's crazy."
"It's enough to keep me alive." was the final reply before he left the room altogether. Quinze called out to him, but it was in vain. Dorothy simply stood by, watching the battle continuing before her. Turning back, he refocused on his job.
"Listen up. Is the main cannon fixed yet?"
Peacemillion
"Tek-Setta!"
In flashes of light, the four gundams soared out into space, transforming into their alternate forms. With Noin accompanying them once again, the warriors began a rapid approach to the Libra.
"Noin..." Tekkaman Sandrock spoke. "Please stay and guard Peacemillion. It has few defenses if it is attacked and I think I know who we'll be facing."
Noin knew exactly who Quatre meant. But she couldn't face him right now and the young gundam was simply getting her out of an awkward situation. Still…
"Roger that."
As Noin backed off and remained with the Peacemillion, the four continued toward Libra. However, they didn't have to wait long to receive some company from the White Fang.
"Here they come."
A group of four was rapidly moving on an intercept course toward them. As they moved closer, the gundams soon saw their opponents.
"It's him." Hellscythe announced, seeing the form of Tekkaman Epyon soaring at them with three Virgos at his heels. "But he's only got three Virgos with him. This will be a snap."
I'll teach you..." Epyon muttered at Hellscythe's remark. "This is how Mobile Dolls should be used."
"Here goes!" Hellscythe cried, bringing his scythe lancer up high to strike at Epyon. But Epyon simply allowed him to charge, alerting Sandrock that something was wrong.
"Wait, Duo!"
"What!"
The lancer struck, but not on Epyon. Rather, it hit the energy shield of the Virgo Doll, which had projected it in front of Epyon to protect its master. The crimson gundam chuckled darkly as the remaining Dolls fired on Hellscythe, knocking him back.
"Guuaahhhh!"
"Duo!"
The battle between the two forces continued to grow more fiercely as both sides were destroying one another. The Virgo Dolls coldly eliminated any Leo Sol-Tekka that came before them. But in return, Trieze, with the Tallgesse II as his weapon, destroyed every Doll he saw with minimal effort, thus displaying his true skill in battle.
"Fighting Dolls is certainly dull."
His side monitor soon lit up, revealing Lady Une's face as she began to inform him the present battle situation.
"Your Excellency... The Space Knights are engaged in battle against the enemy dolls opposite of where you are."
The commander's eyes lit up at this news. "Yes… Well, that is a surprise. I never thought I would be fighting alongside them. But I suspect neither did they expect to join forces with me."
In all honesty, he would have figured that the Space Knights would have had a different part to play in this battle; something other than direct battle. But then again, this war was to involve all of mankind. The Space Knights were no exception.
Lady Une continued. "Also, the Gundams have entered a battle with Epyon."
"Seems that Zechs is truly hated by those Gundams." he smiled halfway. "I would gladly thank them for their help, but the fact is they're not necessarily fighting for my sake."
"Please be careful."
"Thank you." Trieze returned. "But our objectives are the same. Libra must go down. That's for certain."
Back at the battle between the Gundams, the four tekkamen worked hard to attack Epyon, only to find their efforts wasted and their attacks dismissed. Every time they attacked, the crimson tekkaman would simply evade their attacks and leave off altogether or deflect and block them with the help of the Virgos. With the Dolls supporting him, he had a defense that was impposble to get through.
"Yahhhhhh!"
Rushing in at high speed to attack, Tekkaman Altron stabbed forward at Epyon, only to hit dead space as Epyon dodge and flew around behind him.
"What!"
Heavyarms flew in from the opposite side and let loose a stream of energy fire at Epyon. But they were all deflected by the shield of the Sol-Tekka Dolls
"These-"
Finally, Epyon broke out of his defense and went on the attack, slashing at Sandrock furiously. Sandrock dodged the first attack, locked with Epyon's second and pushed back, giving himself some room and opening him for an above attack from Hellscythe. But as soon as Hellscythe dove in, Epyon was on the move again, ignoring him totally and attacking Sandrock once again.
"Why does he keep attacking Quatre?" Hellscythe thought out loud.
"They want to decrease their enemies." Sandrock explained as Epyon and the Dolls closed in on him once more. "Maybe they think I'm the easiest to knock off."
"Just trying to crush the brain first." Zechs was no fool. He knew that it was because of Quatre's quick thinking and leadership that allowed them all to survive that last fight and push Dorothy to make the radical decision of having the Libra fire. If there was a gundam tekkaman to target in this, it would be him.
"In that case..." Sandrock continued to fly back, but began to slow down in order to let Epyon approach. 'If I keep them close to me…' By pulling them in close quarters, he could allow the others to enter into formation and take down the Dolls, leaving Epyon by himself without his defense.
Heavyarms quickly saw Sandrock's plan and called to the others. "Duo! Wufei!"
The two caught on as well. "Right."
Unfortunately, Epyon caught on to it as well, and called for two of the Dolls to fire back, thus breaking them up and causing them to scatter a bit.
"Hmph. I won't let you get into any formation."
With a Doll beside him, Epyon swung and Sandrock again and Sandrock once again was prey to the might force of Tekkaman Epyon's blade lancer.
"Guhh!"
Meanwhile, a good distance away, the Space Knights were in their continuous battle against the Sol-Tekka Dolls and so far, they were doing quite well. The Sol-Tekka Dolls were no longer equipped with the disrupter crystals in order to have better maneuverability and because they didn't expect to face tekkamen in this battle. This gave the trio a huge advantage of power as they tore through the line of machines.
There were only two problems. One, the obvious reason, is the sheer numbers of the Dolls. It was more than they had imagined and fighting through them was proving to be quite a strain. The second…
"Yahhhh!"
Hiver slashed the sword lancer across a pair of Dolls and landed back on Alpha ship. As Hayato was wheeling around for another pass, Hiver caught sight of a trio of Leos locked in battle with the Dolls and losing badly. One had been blown away and the second was critically damaged. The third, the leader, was desperately fighting off the incoming Dolls, but the were relentless and still coming in. Reacting, Hiver suddenly leaped off of Alpha and toward the fight.
"Yumi! Where are you going?"
Hiver gave no reply and swooped in. At that point, the Leo Sol-Tekka that had been firing had run out of power and was now stuck in the same situation as his friend. The damaged Sol-Tekka hovered behind him.
"I'm sorry, sir."
The leader turned to look back, even though death was about to come to them. "No. I'm the one who's sorry."
The Doll came in and locked on to the two targets. They were moments away from firing when a flash of light halted their attack. The bright pink of the young tekkaman came into view and the lancer she held flew across, hacking the Dolls down in seconds. As she did, the damaged Sol-Tekka pilot, a young man, had watched in complete amazement as she had flown in and saved their lives.
'Wow… Beautiful…'
However, that moment was put aside as more dolls now swarmed in on Tekkaman Hiver. She would be able to dodge the fire, but then the Leo pilots behind her would be slaughtered. So that only left one option, one she realized as she crossed her arms in front of herself.
Taking it…
"Naahh!"
"Hang on, Yumi!"
Hayato quickly swerved his ship around to support her, but then a group of Sol-Tekkas forced him to fly off, blocking his path to get to Hiver, who was still taking in damage from the attacking Dolls.
"Yumi! No!"
Meanwhile, in the very center of the battle, Trieze has just sliced through one of the Dolls with his saber and then whirled around to effortlessly blast away two more Dolls. Seeing that he was clear for the moment, he examined the progress of his forces. Even though they were in technically lesser grade machines, they nevertheless fought valiantly in this battle, being on par with the soulless machines. But even still, the battle had yet to reach the Libra.
"Nice work, Milliardo. The Sol-Tekkas are right where you want them."
His eyes swept across the battlefield. "Even our commando unit can't get any closer to Libra."
His eyes soon caught sight of Hiver and her defense of the two Sol-Tekkas behind her. Lowering his head and briefly shutting his eyes, he smiled at her.
"I will have to remember to thank that one. She seems to understand what this battle is really about."
Blaster fire soon brought his attention back as his quiet time was now gone with the incoming swarm of Dolls. His energy cannon charging up again, Trize swooped into the fight once again.
Libra
"Has MO-II still not moved during the battle?"
The officer immediately answered. "No. They've done nothing but take in damaged mobile suits, sir."
Quinze nodded at this information. "I thought they might have a new weapon, but maybe they're nothing more than a supply base. Okay." He then ordered. "We'll move the Libra..."
"Wait." Dorothy replied. Quinze turned his head to her as she continued. "Are you going to destroy this beautiful view of the clash between the two forces?"
"Miss Dorothy, Commander Milliardo declined Treize's offer to a duel." Quinze reminded her. As far as the situation was concerned, there was no need for such formalities or sentiments. They had a war to win and that was that. Dorothy said nothing in return, knowing that he was right. Turning back to the officer, Quinze continued with his order. "Calculate a course that will take us around MO-II to Earth. And don't forget to inform the commander."
Moments later, the diamond form of the Libra began to drift away from the battle, continuing on its course toward the Earth. In the battlefield, Trieze watched the Libra's continuation toward the planet. Opening his channel for Milliardo to hear, Trieze quietly spoke.
"That was the correct decision. But can you tell the people of space that this decision is also a very sad one, Milliardo?"
Meanwhile, as Tekkaman Epyon continued his fight against the other gundam tekkamen, he heard Trieze's words and answered them, with one of his Virgo Dolls deflecting an attack from Tekkaman Heavyarms.
"No problem... Right now, we must show Earth how sad it is here in space."
Peacemillion
"Libra leaving the line of battle!" the officer announced of Libra's sudden movement. "It's heading for MO-II!"
"At the moment, MO-II has little military force and it can't move on its own." Howard reasoned. Looking at the path of the Libra, he concluded. "I'm guessing Libra will go around MO-II and head straight for the Earth."
Milly placed her arms on her hips. "Talk about an open shot. With Trieze occupied with the battle, there nothing really to stop them."
Sally Po looked over at her friend briefly. "Except for us." Turning back, she spoke. "Let's go after them."
The officer in front of her turned back to her and replied. "What's the point if we don't even have the weapons we need to destroy Libra?"
Despite its design, the Peacemillion had little weaponry to offer, as it was built with the Peacecraft's principles in mind. And even if it did, they certainly couldn't compete with the firepower of the Libra. Sally knew this and yet she continued.
"Sure we have the weapons... Enough to destroy Libra's main cannon."
The crew in front jumped up in shock as they immediately realized what she was talking about. They didn't have the weapons to stop the Libra or the cannon, per say. That left only one outrageous option as the Peacemillion did have one offense to offer.
Itself…
"Wait a second...You don't...!"
"Evacuate all civilians." Sally ordered. "MO-II will take them in."
Howard lowered his head, seeing as how that was their only option and that it couldn't be helped. "Alright... Very well then... Right! Everyone move to the sub-bridge now."
"Yumi, no!"
Hayato was in desperate straits as his starjet was being held back by the Dolls heavy forces. Behind them, Hiver was still being assaulted by the Dolls, using her body to shield the Leo Sol-Tekkas behind her. But her body wouldn't be able to take damage like that for long. The lead pilot watched the young Knight take the damage in wonderment. Shaking it away, he charged his cannon, flew up beside her, and let out a single shot. One of the Dolls was hit, but it was damaged minimally. In return, the Dolls re-aimed on him and fired mercilessly. Hiver turned in shock at the Sol-Tekka was shredded by the fire, with the pilot within letting out his final words.
"Watch over the kid for me, please…Guaahh!"
As the machine exploded, Hiver was put into total shock as a living human being was killed in front of her. Her eyes shimmered as she turned back to the Dolls, which were targeting her again. For the first time, Hiver felt…anger. Anger at the Dolls for the death they were responsible for, anger at this war that would kill countless other, and anger…at herself for being powerless to stop any of it. Her head crystal lit up and she crossed her arms. She wanted to unleash the power of the Reactor Voltekka on all of them, but despite that, she knew that would be a bad idea. True, she would be able to get them all, but with the Dolls and the World Nation forces so intermingled, she would wind up destroying them as well, killing more people. She wouldn't do that. She would not make the mistake she made when she first used the Reactor Voltekka and damaged the Space Ring. Taking a glance back at the helpless soldier, she decided to fulfill the soldier's dying request.
"Reactor…Voltekka!"
The pink swirling beam flashed out briefly and then split up in four directions, each circling back and around both Hiver and the Sol-Tekka. The beam met and collided and then returned back, bouncing off and going back and forth, creating a shield of energy around the two. The Dolls continued to fire on them, but their weapons were unable to penetrate the shield. And their attempts were soon silence as a whirling blade soared through space and chopped them down. Moments later, Tekkaman Vesna dove in to slice through was remained of Sommer's boomerang lancer. Together, the two tekkamen, along with their starjets, moved in toward Hiver's shield, which lowered on their approach.
"Yumi, are you alright?"
Hiver lowered her head as she de-activated the shield and answered somberly. "Yeah. Just fine."
Alpha flew up next to her and Hayato looked over at the downcast tekkaman. He had seen what had happened, but had been unable to reach either her or them in time. "I'm sorry, Yumi. I tried to reach you, but…I'm sorry."
Hiver raised her head and looked at him. "Hayato, can you do me a favor?" She then indicated to the damaged Sol-Tekka. "Can you get him someplace safe?"
"Okay, Yumi."
Alpha soon drifted over to the Sol-Tekka and hooked it on the top. As Alpha flew on past, the pilot within whispered to her a thanks. Alpha soon flew away and was then joined by other object, all heading to MO-II. The three tekkamen looked up and soon saw that several escape ships were disembarking from the Peacemillion and heading for the satellite while the massive ship itself was heading straight for Libra. But this movement was not lost to the White Fang commander as Tekkaman Epyon noticed the ship's rapid approach to the Libra and realized just what they were attempting to do.
"I suppose that's the obvious decision, but I'm not going to let you take Libra down."
Breaking away from his battle with the other gundam tekkamen, Epyon soared straight toward Peacemillion, planning on taking it down before it completed its course. The Dolls followed him immediately after and the gundams soon saw where Epyon was heading.
"They're after Peacemillion..." Hellscythe gasped. Without delay, he soared up after them. "We have to stop them."
Sandrock, Altron and Heavyarm all followed suit, chasing after the retreating forces. However, the Dolls broke away from Epyon and fired back. The Gundams were forced to halt in their pursuit and deal with the Dolls once again. Heavyarm let out a stream of energy blast, but they were easily deflected as the Dolls all aligned together and connected their shields together.
"It's no use." Sandrock informed. "The three Dolls are working together to form a single powerful shield. We've got to move in and destroy them."
Epyon took a look back, seeing that the four tekkamen were now too preoccupied with the Dolls to stop him. However, upon looking back at his target, he was able to make out a single white figure floating just between him and the Peacemillion. A white Taurus Sol-Tekka…
Noin…
"Noin, get out of my way." he demanded.
However, the response he received was quite the opposite. "No, Zechs. I'd really rather not have to fight you. But I..."
In show of her stand, she raised up the space cannon that had been aboard the Peacemillion. It was clearly powerful enough to stop a tekkaman, even a gundam.
"Noin!" Epyon raged, with desperation in his voice. "Get out of here!"
"I'm not moving!" Noin shot back, feeling her heart beginning to crack. "Even if it means having to kill you!"
'Noin!'
'Zechs...'
"Miss Noin!" Sandrock cried as he sliced apart one of the Dolls.
Epyon shone in a fiery emerald as he charged at her in his crystal hawk. Noin kept her weapon trained on him, but didn't fire.
"What are you waiting for!" Hellscythe shouted, hacking apart the second Doll.
Epyon soared ever closer to Noin, ready to destroy her completely. Noin however, remained as before; cannon trained, but not firing.
"What're you doing!" Altron yelled as he finished off the final Doll. "Shoot him!"
"Miss Noin!"
She heard the cries of the gundams, yet she could not bring herself to fire upon Epyon…upon Zechs. She just couldn't bring herself to do it. So in the end, and to Epyon's shock, she lowered her weapon and closed her eyes. The flare of the crystal hawk soared ever closer and then suddenly at the last second…he veered away. Noin opened her eyes in shock, as she was expecting the worse but finds that she was still very much alive. Snarling to himself, Epyon relinquished his energy, but continued to fly away
"I don't understand? Why am I still so...weak?"
Noin simply watched as Epyon flew away, knowing that despite everything that he had done, he was still the same inside. He was still the same man she…
"Oh, Zechs..."
Moon
Booossshhh! Booooooshhh!
More Radham fell from the energy blasts of Noal's Sol-Tekka as the battle on the Moon flared in earnest. The Space Knight was glad that his time in prison had not dulled his skills in a Sol-Tekka although by his account, he was a bit slower that before. But then again, he was one of the first people to use and master such machines.
"Like riding a bike…" he whispered to himself as he fired again.
Meanwhile, in the space not too far, Blade and Aki were in a savage battle against the dark tekkamen. Blade was in a battling against the team of Sliver and Sai, the newest dark tekkaman. This one was female, based off the armor appearance, with long pale hair flowing from behind. As her name depicts, she was armed with two forked daggers, which she used to jab in at Blade when she flew in close. Leveling his lancer, Blade parried the blow and was about to strike back, but then Sliver dove in from above and cut off his attack, locking lancer with him. Blade quickly pushed back and wheeled in time to deflect another one of Sai's attack, which had come in really close. Further above, Shirken crossed his arms and sent out a swarm of energy darts. Blade was forced into a defensive stance and trailed back slightly. At this, the first came at him again simultaneously, but were stopped when Pegasus flew in between them. As the machine flew on past, Aki suddenly leapt of and lunged, clashing with Sliver and pushing him down to the moon.
"Demon $!" Sliver snarled as he hit the ground. Aki flew back for distance, but snapped her head back when Shrapnel came at her, lunging with his axe-lancer. Aki quickly sidestepped and as Shranel came at her again, she hopped up and Pegasus swooped underneath, taking her away while Shrapnel missed. But Sliver had caught on to he and as she flew away, he pursued close and fired one of his beams. Aki was knocked off Pegasus and managed to rotate in space to recover, but now, both Shrapnel and Sliver where coming after her.
Blade meanwhile, continued to fight against Sai and Shirken, with Shirken attacking from a distance and Sai flying in for the kill. Blade twirled his lancer to deflect the energy darts, but that didn't stop Sai from colliding into him and nearly hammering him down to the moon. As she was in close proximity, she twirled one of her daggers to stab, but Blade pushed her back. Shirken began to come in for another wave of attack, but Blade suddenly snapped his lancer up, releasing the jagged boomerangs that were on the lancer's edges. Shirken had to stop and dodge the projectile as they flew back and forth, ultimately reconnecting with Blade's lancer. But when they did, Shirken soon found his face meeting with Blade's shoulder.
"Guaahhhh!"
Blade turned around to resume fighting with Sai when his tekka-set shimmered. His attention turned to the moon, to the chasm that the Radhma were coming out of. Something was down there, something that these four were protecting. Their master…
"We have to get down there."
Noal fired on another pair of Radham creatures, only to face a dozen more. "Easier said done, Blade." He took down more of the Radham and then looked up.
"Aw, what the hell."
Re-aiming his cannon, he fired on Sai, who was beginning to fly up to Blade, and diverting her attack. Noal quickly motioned to Blade. "Well, get going. We'll handle these guys."
"He's right." Aki added, deflecting Sliver's attack. "Go."
"Aki?"
Blade couldn't just leave them behind; not with these four. Each one of them were nearly as powerful as he was. Only their experience and teamwork had put them on par with them. But if he left, they may not last a few minutes. Aki saw, no…Aki sensed his hesitation and whispered to him.
"I have always fought beside you and I always will."
Blade went silent. She was right. No matter what happened in the past, they were always together. And they would continue on even after this. But that depended on him and his actions. And something was down there; something far more dangerous than the Radham army gathering above. And he was the only one that could possibly stop it now.
"But first, a parting gift…"
His shoulder cells opened up and he loosely aimed them at the four. In a flash, the blue-green wave of energy shot out, causing the four to scatter and frantically fly out of the way. Aki too, had to duck under the power of Blade's voltekka as it soared over her. But Shirken wasn't so fortunate as the top half of his body was engulfed in the wave.
"Naaaahhhhhhh!"
"Alright, go!" Noal spat out. Blade nodded and flew into the chasm below, leaving Aki and Noal with the three remaining tekkamen, all very pissed off at the fall of their comrade.
"You've just sealed your fates."
Libra
"The Peacemillion is about to plow into us."
Alarmed as well, Quinze check the viewscreen to see the rapidly moving Peacemillion coming straight at them.
"What! You're kidding. Are we able to dodge it?"
"No!" the officer yelled. "There isn't enough time!"
Frantic, Quinze immediately ordered. "Deploy all cannons. Shoot that ship down!"
The laser cannon of the Libra all targeted the approaching Peacemillion and gave way to fire. The Peacemillion took the damage and continued on its course toward Libra.
"You're sure about smashing into them?" Milly questioned, suited in a space suit along with everyone else.
Sally Po answered. "Yeah, so we'll put out their main weapon."
"Use the BG-Wide booster as well." Howard ordered the pilot up front. "I don't care if it wrecks the engine."
"Roger!"
The Peacemillion increased in speed, totally ignoring all the energy blasts that were coming upon it. From their place, the Gundams and Noin watched the scene unfold.
"Hey! Have they gone out of their minds?" Hellscythe asked astonished.
"No choice." Heavyarm replied. "It's the only option that's left."
Meanwhile, amid the battle, the Space Knights also saw what was about to happen between the Libra and Peacemillion.
"Talk about reckless." Anita said. "They're really going for it."
"Not only that. I think it just might work." Sommer added.
In another part of the battlefield, Trieze too sees the collision course of the Peacemillion and raises his Sol-Tekka's arm in salute.
"I have to applaud your courage."
Back to the Libra, the laser cannons were doing nothing to stop or even slow down the Peacemillion. A crash was inevitable. Seeing this, Quinze drops to the ground and covers his head.
"They're gonna hit us!"
Dorothy took a different approach and threw out emergency commands. "Stop the engines now! All units prepare for collision!"
Within the Libra, Heero pauses in a hallway and listens. Relena stops as well and looks at Heero questioningly.
"Heero...What's happening?"
Heero suddenly ordered. "Get down now and cover up your head."
"Huh?"
The gundam quickly turned around and explained. "Peacemillion's plowing into us."
The Peacemillion gained greater speed, using so much energy that some of the engines themselves blew out. Onboard, the crew braced themselves for impact, seeing the Libra's cannon in the viewscreen before them.
"Engines One and Three damaged! Well I guess now we don't have to turn them off!" Sally smiled as they drew closer, with the officer still talking.
"Alright! How about some excitement!"
The viewscreen cut off and was soon followed by loud whining and other sounds as the Peacemillion smashed right into the Libra and tore right to the inside. The cannon was so completely engulfed by the Peacemillion that it ceased to exist. The Peacemillion itself soon stopped, resulting in a trashed fusion of the white ship and the Libra.
"Well, that was something." Milly sighed.
Aboard the now wrecked Peacemillion, the remaining crews scattered about in various jobs as well as escapes. On the secondary bridge, the command crew directed the orders.
"Okay. Leave the damage report for later!" Howard ordered, slamming his fist into the console. "Extinguish the fires outside the fuel tanks!"
Meanwhile, the Libra was faring just the same, with emergency crews moving about franticly to fix whatever problems there were. On the command deck, the personnel were checking the totally extent of damage to the space station.
"The main cannon has been completely destroyed." was the unfortunate announcement. "Luckily it didn't explode because it wasn't charged up."
Quinze was completely distraught. The White Fang had lost their greatest weapon. Without the cannon, their plans seemed to be going up in the same debris as the station. "I don't believe it... How could this be…?" His head lowered sadly. "This is the end...for Libra."
Dorothy overheard the elder man and whirled. "We still have not lost this battle!"
True enough, despite the collision of the Libra and the Peacemillion, the battle between the Earth and the White Fang continued to rage on. Destroying another set of Dolls, Trieze pressed on.
"That's right... This battle will continue until every Mobile Doll is destroyed. All units, keep fighting." he encouraged.
Within one of the Libra's damaged areas, a hunk of metal rose up from the debris and suddenly toppled over, revealing both Heero and Relena underneath it. Relena began to revive while Heero glanced around the area. Looking up, she realized what Heero had done.
"Thank you Heero... Thank you for protecting me."
Heero gave no response as he continued to look around. They could still be in danger there and they had to find their way to the Peacemillion. Relena was about to rise, but then noticed a stain of blood on his jacket. Apparently, when he shielded her from the debris, he didn't escape unscathed.
"Heero... you're hurt."
"It's nothing serious." he replied simply, still looking around.
"Eh? But..." She found that hard to believe, seeing as how it was still bleeding. But then again, it was Heero she was talking about here. This was starting to feel like déjà vu to her actually.
"Now Zechs won't have his victory." he spoke again.
She blinked at him. "What do you mean by that, Heero?"
"Forget it." He finally turned to her. "It's time to go."
Above the Libra/Peacemillion wreckage, Epyon hovered over the two structure in examination and contacted Quinze.
"What's the damage?"
Quinze gave a downhearted reply. "The main cannon is completely useless."
Epyon, however, didn't seem discouraged. "And the engine?"
Quinze blinked at the question, but steadily answered. "Well it has been damaged sir. But it can still get up to seventy percent capacity."
The emerald eyes of Epyon shone. "Then we still have a strategy."
Elsewhere, the gundams and Noin were also examining the wreckage, with amazement.
"Oh, man. That was one big collision if I ever seen one." Hellscythe admonished.
Heavyarm then added. "As it stand now, it would be hard to destroy just the Libra."
True enough, even though the White Fang had lost their biggest weapon, Libra was still mostly intact and as such, it was still a threat. Soon the group received a transmission from Sally within Peacemillion.
"This is the Peacemillon. We're not at any risk of exploding right now, but we're pretty much stuck here."
"Understood." Sandrock replied. "We'll board Libra and take over the ship from within. We'll destroy the Mobile Doll control system and then order the White Fang to surrender. Also, we've got to find Heero and Miss Relena."
At that point, Milly's broke in to the transmission. "Have you received any word from Yumi and the others?"
"No, but with things as chaotic as they are now, we aren't sure about anything right now. But we do have to stop the source of the Dolls before anything else happens."
Hellscythe lifted his lancer partly. "So we're going in? This reminds me of the old days."
Suddenly, Altron breaks away from the group and begins to motion toward the continuing battle. Hellscythe turns to him as he begins go.
"What's wrong Wufei?"
"I'll leave it to you." was his only response before soaring away in a flash.
"Hey, hang on! Wufei!"
"Just let him go." Heavyarm interrupted. "He's keeping an old promise."
"Huh?"
Sandrock recalled their attention to the matter at hand. "We should hurry and get to Libra."
The four drift closer to Libra, searching for a hanger bay in with to invade the station. But as they skim across the edge of the station, the white Taurus Sol-Tekka breaks away and flies off.
"Miss Noin?"
Her response came in a crackle of sobs. "I'm sorry... but... I... I just..."
Her encounter with Eypon was more than she could bear. She had been brought into a direct conflict with him and that was something she never wanted. This was simply too much for her now. Sandrock gave a sympathetic nod and replied.
"Feel free to go, Miss Noin..."
With now only three left, the gundam tekkamen smashed into the hanger bay, infiltrating the Libra and readying to do some damage on the inside. Their presence was quickly known to the Libra's remaining command crew and thus reported.
"Gundams entering through Gate 17. There's no way to stop them."
"Can't help it with the Gundams." Dorothy said in frustration. "Just keep them from getting anywhere near our principle sections!"
Back to the battle outside, the battle continued on as more Leo Sol-Tekkas and their pilots were being wiped out by the relentless force of the Dolls.
"Damn those cursed Mobile Dolls!"
A Doll was about to aim at him when it was suddenly impaled by a trident weapon. Nearby, Trieze noticed to commotion and looked to see the fighting form of Altron tearing through the Dolls fiercely, saving the Leo pilots nearby.
"A gundam! Are the gundams backing us as well?"
Trieze smiled to himself at the familiar person. "His appearance has changed… but it's that kid, without a doubt."
Altron continued to charge through the Dolls, seeking to move closer to Trieze. For him, this was a chance to finish the fight they had some time ago.
"Treize! When this fight is over... I'll test your justice!"
Back aboard the Libra, Heero and Relena found a locker room with some space suits for use. Heero began to slide his on, the bandage on his arm (courtesy of Relena) disappearing beneath it. As he zipped up, he instructed the girl before him.
"Once we're on Peacemillion, follow Howard's instructions and get out of here."
"I want to talk to my brother just one more time." Relena insisted. Heero simply grabbed his helmet and moved on.
"It won't help. Zechs' decision is final."
'So is yours, it seems.' With a sigh, Relena closed the locker door, grabbed her own helmet and followed him out.
Elsewhere on the Libra, White Fang soldiers were scattered around, searching for the gundams that had entered in their area. Seeing that there were no sounds of destruction, it was safe to assume that the youths were in their normal states. That would make it easier for them to sneak around, as they were known for doing. As a unit passed on in the hall, Duo, who had been hiding in the beams above, floated down low and moved on. He and the others had managed to find a hanger of their own along with weapons for support. As Duo floated by, he scanned the area.
"Heh... This area's obviously used for confinement."
The youth suddenly stopped and turned back, seeing a door that was locked off. Placing his ear on it, he could make out sounds of rustling inside. Prisoners…
"All right... I'm here." Reaching into one of his pockets, he produces a plastic explosion and seals it against the door. He then warned. "Step away from the door if you don't want to get hurt."
Backing away himself, he ignites the charge and it lets out a low pooff, breaking the lock. Moving back, Duo forces the door open and begins to peer inside.
"Hey Heero. Is that you? Huh?"
Eyes going wide, he suddenly shuts the door back and leans back against it in shock.
"What the...? That definitely wasn't what I was expecting to find."
Elsewhere, Trowa finds himself in a Virgo hanger area. Row of silent Dolls stand motionless and he floated past them. Suddenly from the opposite end of the hanger, two White Fang soldiers appear.
"Hey! Got him!"
The two open fire, but Trowa suddenly leaped up into the air and flips through the zero-G. The two watch in amazement as the gundam tekkaman lands right on the other side of the hanger and out of their range. With a low bow, Trowa continues on, with the two still stunned by his act.
In another part, Quatre is hiding away from a unit of White Fang troop and manages to sneak past them. He continues on silently until he senses…something. Something…quite familiar…and disturbing. Turning, his attention is drawn to an open room and he slowly moves beside it. Not taking any chances, Quatre draws his gun, whirls in and point. But the room is empty, save for one single figure standing in the gun's path. Upon looking closely, Quatre soon recognizes the person before him.
"So it's you. Dorothy Catalonia."
"That's right, Quatre Raberba Winner." she smirks, raising her own gun smoothly and then firing…
At the prison cell, Duo had gotten over his shock and re-entered the cell to his unwelcome find; the Gundam engineers. He had explained to them what had happened and they simply filled in the blanks, along with some new details of their own.
"So Zechs wanted to send a tremendous blow to the Earth." Dr. J summarized. "And by using such a significant impact, he wanted to awaken the fears of war in an earnest desire for hope in the hearts of the people."
"That's the reason we ended up helping build Libra, and we even redeveloped the Vayate and Mercurius" Professor G added.
"Ahh." Duo muttered grimly as he recalled his battle with the two said machines. "So I've got you to thank for the trouble I went through."
J soon cut back in. "Well, we did add a little something to Libra's main cannon."
"We built an error into it so it can't fire consecutively." G finished off.
"Huh." Well, that did explain why such a powerful weapon as the Libra was limited in itself, but Duo wasn't satisfied. "No kidding. Is that so?" Rising up, he directed his gun at the five. "And you think that atones for your sins!"
G replied calmly. "No. Of course we don't."
Professor H soon spoke in. "Right. It's not payback time yet."
At this, the five laughed to themselves, obviously telling the young gundam that there was more disaster to come from them. With a pained sigh, he lowered his gun.
"I knew it. Wish I hadn't found these guys."
Peacemillion
"I got through to MO-II." Milly announced. "We're clear."
"Okay!" Howard replied. "MO-II acknowledges us. All units, prepare to escape."
Sally's attention however was diverted when she received a message from one of the lower decks. Turning to Howard, she relayed it. "Howard... Heero says he wants someone to come down to escort Miss Relena."
"What?" the man said in disbelief. "When did he get back?"
"I'll go." Milly hopped out of her seat and began to head down to the lower hanger deck, where Heero and Relena awaited. After sending his message, Heero moved toward the hanger's exit, holding his tekka-set crystal in his hand. Relena simply watched as he moved on.
"Heero..."
Atop the Libra, Tekkaman Epyon gazed over at the blue-green planet before him when a sudden motion from behind catches his attention. His head turned slightly, but he didn't have to look to know who it was.
"Noin..."
"It's me. I won't try to stop you. Just let me stay here by your side."
After a long pause, Epyon simply replied back. "Do as you desire."
Looking back, he continued to look upon the Earth, to him, a symbol of all that was wrong. And it was up to him to bring about the fate that it was destined for.
'Planet Earth... You're about to learn a lesson. The real crushing blow is yet to come...'
True to Milliardo's words, a crushing blow was coming toward the Earth. But will it be from the White Fang and what remains of the Libra or the secret Radham force heading toward the Earth? As humanity wages a war for peace, the true victory will be decided between the powers of a few. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: Takeoff into Confusion
AN: I…might have overdid it a bit. Massive information download, heh...