Tekkaman Prime
ESKK: Another day another chapter I hope you all will enjoy reading this new chapter, let's get started.
(Start General Bryce Office)
Mikayla was a woman of many things' duty, family, honor, and loyalty. After the fiasco of Unicrons rising and the Tekkaman coming out to the public her bosses and DC wanted answers and accountability. So, when she entered the office, she found a soldier standing to the side with a camera and General Bryce waiting for her to arrive. A single mother, a war veteran, and now possibly the woman who exposed aliens to the world, not her best day so far.
"Special Agent Witwicky please have a seat." Bryce said as he offered Mikayla the seat in front of him.
"I suspect that the Private is to record today's session for the higher ups?" Mikayla asked as she took the seat.
"Yes, as you can probably tell they want answers and accountability to the Global Breach your team had taken part in." Bryce said as he was among those aware of the Tekkaman and by extension that the team was in fact teenagers. "Washington isn't happy about this as I'm sure your aware as to why." Bryce said as Mikayla understood as much.
"We have hostile invaders wanting to take over and that's on top of the Autobot Decepticon conflict, right?" Mikayla said and thus Bryce cut her off there.
"Let us stick to the Tekkaman aspect any Cybertronian involvement is only when necessary." Bryce said as he looked to Mikayla. "As you know and have been allowed to operate under such deeply classified levels would you please provide some background?" Bryce said and thus Mikayla sighed a bit to this.
"Our Knights from Space, the Tekkaman, began with Nick Carter and the NASA Argos colonization project." Mikayla began the story so the higher ups can get a better understanding of the situation. "Of course, the official story was that the ship vanished due to a malfunction and the project was canned." Mikayla said and then got to Nick's part. "Nick Carter age, 16 was on that ship as were his siblings and father amongst others." Mikayla said and then got to the final bit. "For a brief time, Nick and one other were thought to be the only two survivors." Mikayla spoke before taking a small pause. "Thanks to intel provided to us by Nick himself we now know that the Argos crew discovered the ship used by the Radan a chance discovery that put them in the wrong place at the wrong time." Mikayla spoke before getting to the final bit.
"The entire crew was then taken by the Radan and augmented to become their soldiers in their ever-constant desire to conquer the universe." Mikayla explained when it comes to the Radan. "The Radan's strategy is more or less the same, they find a world to take, and start by taking a few of a planets sentient populace to fine tune the augmentation process for the species they intend to conquer once that is done, they send down their main drones to start harvesting the energy the planet produces while planting there, flowers, to cultivate and bloom for the final phase of the invasion." Mikayla said and got to the worst bit of it. "The Radan have executed this plan several times and had yet to be met with failure what's different now then their other invasions is their super soldiers being turned against them." Mikayla explained while she looked to her commanding officer.
"And your certain of this?" Bryce asked wanting to get all their eggs together.
"I've seen more than my fair share to know that the Radan are following their playbook step-by-step with only few alterations as needed." Mikayla said but had more to give on this but waited for prompting.
"Skip ahead to your involvement with them, if you would." Bryce said to which Mikayla got down to it.
"What I expected and what I got were two entirely different things. What I had expected were seasoned soldiers not a group of teenagers right out of an episode of Power Rangers." Mikayla said knowing how much her son loved that show. "Their teenagers no sugarcoating it whatsoever and like teenage kids they like to sneak out of the house every once in a while." Mikayla said and thus Bryce gave a stern look.
"And is that what this global rescue op was, kids sneaking out?" Bryce asked and thus Mikayla sighed to this.
"In a sense, they saw a major problem and the people caught in it and they decided to go out to rescue, even though it put them on the front page of the news." Mikayla said accepting responsibility for this situation.
"Please, provide a roll call if you would, Agent Witwicky." Bryce said which caused Mikayla to narrow her eyes a bit.
"So, you know who to target if something like this happens again?" Mikayla asked and thus Bryce sighed a bit.
"Something like that." Bryce responded which Mikayla began to explain.
"First we have... Kicker Jones Age 16, Alias Tekkaman Claymore." Mikayla began with the roll call starting with the problem child of the team. "He's something of a problem child a hot head if I've ever seen one." Mikayla said passing the data over to Bryce. "Thankfully, he has family, a younger sister and both parents." Mikayla said as Bryce had already read up on Kicker and the others this was mainly formality. "But despite being such a hot head he's fiercely loyal and a good kid to have your back." Mikayla said which ended Kicker's stuff. "Heading up their science angle is Misha Miramond Age 15 Alias Tekkaman Cutlass." Mikayla going over to the next member of the group. "The girl was smart before but ever since she became Tekkaman she had become brainiac the maniac as Kicker would call her." Mikayla said detailing Misha's bit. "She's a bit of a shut in but when it comes time for her to get to the front lines, she's no slouch in a fight." Mikayla said detailing the younger female of the team.
"Then we have Bud Hanson he just turned 14 last month the youngest of the group Alias Tekkaman Disk." Mikayla said showing the next member of the Space Knights. "They mostly keep him at base think he's not ready for field work yet, but he's been itching to prove himself though I can agree he's too young as is." Mikayla said detailing the boy. "Thankfully, big brother Coby Hanson keeps his younger brother in line." Mikayla said before moving on to Coby. "Coby Hanson Age 16 Tekkaman Hammer the middle child of three he's a great mechanic and had been a huge help with other smaller projects." Mikayla said showing the data on Coby. "He's good for muscle but even better in mechanics." Mikayla finished and then got to the next female of the group. "Then we have Lori Jimerez Age 16 AKA Tekkaman Scythe a spitfire if I've ever seen one but don't worry, she knows when to keep her cool or to let it burn." Mikayla said as she had seen how Lori had used her attitude to her advantage even unintentionally.
"Finally we have the Carter Siblings Nicholas Carter age 16 the leader Tekkaman Blade and his younger sister Shara Carter ager 15 Tekkaman Rapier the survivors of the Argos incident and more importantly the reasons we stand a chance against Radan and by extension have valuable information on their operations and the location of the headquarters and thanks to the side of the Autobots we were able to gain a better understanding of their augmented biology and use the data for the Sol Tekkaman suits." Mikayla said making it clear that Blade and Rapier as well as the other Space Knights were their best shot at stopping this invasion at the bud. "They've even offered to be live test dummies against the Sol Tekkaman much to my chagrin but as you've no doubt already learned from some of those tests the Sol Tekkaman can't stand up to the genuine article in this current stage of development." Mikayla added which was a good reminder why they needed the Space Knights at the moment.
"Ah! Yes the Sol Tekkaman project, with 2 original prototype, one of them being stolen by a group named MECH, but was later taken from them by a boy named Jack Darby has acquired and used it, as I remember to save his mother that was kidnap by MECH, with the help of blade to accomplish said rescue from MECH and arachnid Decepticon and later given to him as a thank you for gathering data on it of what it can do against a Decepticon and in an act of good faith," Bryce said as Mikayla soon said, "Which has me questioning on why he was given such an important multi-million dollar military equipment, as far as I can tell, the boy hardly uses it as it only for training purposes."
"You would be right agent Witwicky, as there is another purpose we have given to the boy, as you may not be aware of but the Sol Tekkaman comes with a recording device while in used and power down while it still drain power, we used that as an excuse to get the Sol-Tekkaman project a maintenance check-up, charge it, as well give it well needed upgrades while also retrieving the recorded data," Bryce said as he just confess there was more to the suit as Mikayla soon said, "But why would you do this, don't we already have surveillance upon the Autobots?"
"We do but it doesn't get the fine detail and close up important on the space knight Tekkaman, as for Sol Tekkaman is in a good position of capturing said detail," Bryce said as he brought out a pad of sort and show images of the space knight team meeting area which is no doubt where they keep their equipment as well to no doubt spy on the Tekkaman themselves as Bryce put the pad away and said, "After the incident with Blade lost control of himself and took out platoons of some of our best soldiers, vehicles, and equipment, I wanted eyes on him at all time without him suspecting us, and with the new Tekkaman that soon join days after this, no one wanted another rampaging Tekkaman while making sure those kid aren't moles."
"General Bryce, I have to protest to that, none of these kid are sleeper agents, for what I have been observing of these kids they are good kids, all of them take their fight and training seriously, even Bud and Misha are well keep up in their training well enough in case they do need to fight against Radam, and what I learn from the Autobots and Agent Fowler, it not Blades fault, He had a 30 minute timer to remain as Tekkaman to fight as I take it due to the fact that Nick's father, Albert Carter, had save Nick before the Radan could complete installment all the software within the worm that's inside of him still."
"And what of the other kids, as it seem they went through a completion themselves," Bryce argue as Mikayla said to the General, "I guess you haven't read Agent Fowlers report then, if you had known, the kids were taken out of their pods at a stable stage of the Augmentation process so the parasites could get taken out of them at the early stage before they could gain a stronger hold on their host, unlike Nicks own that keep with him near the end of his own augmentation, their armor wasn't even completely form until later on, even there downloaded knowledge was incomplete and had no idea how to use their abilities, until the enemy Tekkaman that came soon after that I had witness with Pegas live view to see their own ability with my own eyes when I first came to the Autobot base."
"What can you tell me about the enemy Tekkaman then, what do you know about them?" Bryce ask Mikayla as she sighed as she explain, "I had to go over the Argos crew roster and Nick report of who these enemy Tekkaman are, the first one that was encounter on earth, Tekkaman Dagger AKA Fritz von Braun, age 19, he was an expert in communications and satellites, and the one who Nick had first battle within the earth upper atmosphere before coming down to the earth surface."
"Who was K.I.A by Nick Cater as Tekkaman Blade, correct?" Bryce said as Mikayla looked at the general and said, "Yes sir, according to agent Fowler's report, Tekkaman dagger was killed by Nick Carter as Tekkaman blade, after receiving a Robotic machine called Pegas."
"And where did this Pegas come from, and why was it given to Blade, as according to the reports, it a cybernetic lifeform like the Autobots and Decepticon with the ability to transform as well," Bryce points out as where did this thing come from, as Mikayla soon said, "As I was told Pegas was made from the remains of a Cybernetic lifeform that came from the same planet as the rest of them, a Decepticon warship, and earth technology that was used as the base with a prototype mech frame, with information that the Autobots had of the Radan's technology that they could use to recreate said tech, to help Nick regain his ability to change back into his Tekkaman form after losing it to Dagger, how he did it is unknown to me."
"I see, then next one, who is the one with the axe weapon?" Bryce asked as with Mikayla knew who that one is, as Nick had talk about him a lot, as Mikayla said, "He is Tekkaman Axe aka Goddard Epcar, age 58, he is Nick and Cain's martial arts instructor, a close friend of the Carters he trained both Nick and his brother, but it seem his focused more on Cain than Nick as from what I could tell, Nick is a prodigy, and he was Recruited by recommendation by the Carters as well to help with construction with the colony once they land upon mars, which we all know didn't happen."
Then without any further prompting Mikayla went down the list of the Tekkaman on the Radan's side. "Next we have Tekkaman Lance Molotov Eizenberg from what we have deduced about him before his time on the Argos he came from a wealthy family whose resources may have been used to have him on the crew, I've had our operatives move in to freeze those same resources in case he tries to use them." Mikayla said making it clear that they could not allow the enemy those resources. "He's arrogant to a high level but at the same time a bit of a coward but I would not recommend underestimating him a cornered coward is a dangerous one." Mikayla said to which Bryce understood as Lance was seen in the same light as the Decepticon deserter Starscream.
"Then we have Tekkaman Sword Feng Li from what Nick and Shara were able to tell us she was their eldest brother Conrad Carter's fiancé and from what we can see is fiercely loyal to Omega which has allowed us the time to narrow down who he is." Mikayla said as she had a good idea as did Fowler. But thankfully Nick and Shara were not made aware of it yet and they'd rather keep them in the dark for as long as possible until they have absolute evidence that he is who they think he is.
"And Omega what is his statues he hasn't come out into the open, so I find him to be an enigma in all of this." Bryce said and thus Mikayla sighed a bit.
"He hasn't come down himself because he literally can't from Shara's tactical information Omega is merged with the Radan ship using his power to repair it after the Argos fuel cells were ignited resulting in a crash landing." Mikayla said as she knew Omega can't come down because he is basically one with the ship. "That in turn leaves all field command to Tekkaman Evil AKA Cain Carter, Shara's elder brother and Nick's twin brother." Mikayla said as she showed Cain's images and some of the pictures of the things he's done. "For lack of a better way to say it... this kid is an unstable psychopath no way around it." Mikayla said as she had seen Evil in action. "Megatron seems to have taken Evil under his wing and knowing what we know about Megatron it's only a matter of time before Evil decides to strike out on his own." Mikayla said as she showed Cain's information.
"And Evil is the one currently not under Radan control?" Bryce asked as he saw the picture of the jar holding Evil's former parasite.
"No and that is what makes him all the more dangerous." Mikayla said to which she got down to it. "Evil has proven time and time again to be working under his own agenda and what's worse is that I have this gut feeling that he's playing all sides in this war." Mikayla said emphasizing about the danger Evil posed. "If Evil is allowed to continue as he, is I fear he might do to Earth what Megatron did to Cybertron." Mikayla said fearing that Evil is that sort of evil. "This is why we need the Space Knights heading against them because as much as I respect them the Autobots can't and must not be divided between two wars." Mikayla said making it clear that they needed the Tekkaman to fight for them.
"Mikayla its more than that the Five Stars are becoming nervous about leaving the fate of the world in the hands of impulsive insubordinate Teenagers with powers beyond our understanding who can just as easily turn it against us over a simple temper tantrum." Bryce said much to Mikayla annoyance and concern. "That is why I've been asked to determine if I should bring you before a tribunal and the Tekkaman be transported to a more secured location to be monitored." Bryce said and thus Mikayla was wide eyed to this.
"A tribunal?! But they can shut down operations, put my son in the system, and have those kids turned into lab rats." Mikayla said as her first concern was for her own son and by extension the Tekkaman. "Look General Bryce I mean no disrespect to the Five Stars, but we've already seen nuclear radiation won't bother Radan much and the Sol Tekkaman are still experimental we currently do not have the numbers or needed power for the suits to take on their Tekkaman hence why the Space Knights, as I stated before, are needed." Mikayla said as she knew that she had to convince the Five Stars.
Mikayla then sighed to herself knowing that her next card ran a big risk of throwing the Space Knights under the bus. "Look I understand that they are my responsibility to keep in line but maybe you should ask them yourself after all they unlike the Autobots are able to roam without causing a scene." Mikayla offered to the General. "It might be able to convince the Five Stars that despite being teenagers the Space Knights are anything, but Loose Cannons as Bill would say." Mikayla said and thus Bryce understood as much. He was just following orders and he'd rather not put those kids under the dissection table.
"Bring them in." Bryce said and thus began for a long day.
(Scene Break Later)
After making the calls the meeting was reset with a fully charged camera as Lori was now sitting in Mikayla's spot from earlier. "Please state your name for the record." Bryce said as Lori sighed to this clearly not happy about it but sucking it up regardless.
"Alright I'm Lori Jimenez." Lori said with a look that all just screamed moody teenage girl.
"Alright Ms. Jimenez how did your involvement with the Space Knights and by extension the Autobots begin?" Bryce asked as he wanted to get this on record.
"Live everyone else will probably tell you, me and my friends Coby and Bud were in the town for the weekend at their brother's getaway house Radan showed up and we got taken by science fiction horror tentacle hentai." Lori said just saying it how it is.
"And you're not at all bothered by the fact that you were basically drafted to fight against a hostile alien threat?" Bryce asked to which Lori got to it.
"Of course, I'm bugged by it, but the Radan started it and besides better to be drafted by the military then by the Radan." Lori said in which she then got given a look. "Alright fine after, Coby, Bud, and I got taken out of the pod we met with Kicker and Misha and then Nick who basically used some Cybertronian thing to basically finish up the rest of the augmentations while letting us keep our free wills." Lori said and thus that was what Bryce was looking for.
"Alright young lady, now explain to me your involvement with the breach in security you and your teammates performed with your unsanctioned rescue mission?" Bryce asked wanting to hear why Lori would involve herself in this when they were supposed to be Classified.
"People were in danger no sugar coating it." Lori said as she looked to the man. "We had no other option but to step in because emergency services were being overwhelmed with all the chaos." Lori said making it clear what she did she did for those who needed help.
"And you have no regrets with what you did?" Bryce asked as he looked towards Lori.
"No, and I'm sure none of us do." Lori said defending her friends on the matter. "You know General Bryce about Nick; I do respect him he wanted to take the fall for it the full weight and... none of us would let him." Lori said off handedly as she then smiled a bit. "If your higherups plan to punish him... they'll have to go through us first." Lori said and thus Byrce sighed to this.
"That... is yet to be seen." Bryce said and in turn he then got down to it. "But your actions have got you all seen on video feeds, cameras, you're all over the internet as is we need to figure out our next move." Bryce said knowing this might provoke the Radan to be more overt with their assault.
"I understand." Lori said and thus Bryce got down to it. "But Nick is no danger to us he'd soon take a bullet to the head then let himself become a danger." Lori said remembering the story of how Nick lost control of his Tekkaman form when he exceeded the 30-minute limit. "Just please... don't arrest my friends." Lori said and thus Bryce knew the girl while stubborn and independent was loyal to a fault. While it's the makings of a good soldier it's something he didn't want to see on kids.
Lori had her own struggles in battle and while she can be stubborn and haughty at times, she's also loyal to a fault. She and Sword had been at odds every time the two, female Tekkaman showed up. Now normally this would not be an issue but with the countries if not the worlds eyes on them they could not risk any mistakes.
"What can you tell me of Nick Carter in your own words?" Bryce asked while he looked to Lori for answers.
"He's stubborn but would never betray us by choice." Lori said in which she sat up straight. "Every fight he's been in after we joined, he's the sort who leads the charge but makes sure everyone leaves the battle before he gets to leave." Lori said making it clear Nick was the kind to be the first one in and the last one out. "I think the only thing really holding him back is his history with the Argos crew." Lori said trying to say her piece.
"And you think that the Argos Incident is the deciding factor for his... situation?" Bryce asked and thus Lori turned her head.
"No, I think it's what pushes him so far so no one else has to feel that sort of pain." Lori said as she knew what was going on with Nick. "Nick has a lot of traumas, but he also has a great support system to get him through it and a way to focus that pain on a singular goal." Lori said speaking from what she saw with Nick. "He may come off as a loner but he's willing to lay down his life if it means someone else can live." She added which Bryce knew was being recorded.
"Aren't you the least bit worried that he might eventually, snap or revert to the Radan Programming that was installed in his head?" Bryce asked and thus Lori turned her head again.
"Not at all if anything he's more worried about it than the rest of us are that's why having us by his side helps, he can fight better knowing there are others who can take over for him." Lori said throwing her hat in with Nick. "If anything, though I think he doesn't want any of us as part of this and that's what makes him a lone wolf at best and suicidal at worst." Lori said but then chuckled a bit. "But he still pushes through and if it means my parents and close friends can live free, I'll fight by his side." Lori said and thus Bryce nodded to this.
"Now what can you tell me of the ones named Coby and Bud?" Bryce asked and thus Lori looked to the pair.
"I've known them since forever Coby is a hell of a mechanic, he can take any random junk and MacGyver his way through it." Lori said speaking of Coby. "I mean yeah he can be just dumb and at times makes me want to strangle him." Lori spoke holding her hands like she was ringing Coby's neck before calming down. "But... he's not really a bad guy." Lori said and then got to Bud. "Bud on the other hand... well he's basically everyone's younger brother and I think we can all agree that if something happened to him everyone would go ballistic." Lori said which led to another question.
"So, you look out for each other?" The General asked and in response Lori nodded.
"Yeah, I mean we all ended up with these powers so it's only fair that we look out for each other." Lori said in which this painted a good picture on them.
"I see." Bryce said as he went through the questions and for a few of Lori's responses he had a question to counter it. Their conversation went like this for a while with Bryce asking Lori questions and her answering them to the best of her abilities.
(Later)
After Lori was dismissed with her testimony the next Tekkaman was called into the room. Bryce had a bit of an annoyed look on his face as the sound of chewing echoed through the room. Sitting as if this was his house was Kicker who was currently holding a bag of potato chips that he was eating out of.
"So, Kicker Jones, was it?" Bryce began as he looked to Kicker who was not the most professional one here.
"That's me." Kicker responded before eating another potato chip.
"Yes..." Bryce spoke with a calm tone while trying to ignore Kicker's chewing and the crunching of the chips. "Now as you probably guessed your here to answer some questions the higher ups have about your involvement with the breach and the Space Knight Unit." Bryce said and thus Kicker nodded.
"Got it." Kicker said as he got ready to answer.
"Now according to Special Agent Witwicky you've been noted to be and I'm quoting hot headed, stubborn, and a bit of a loss cannon." Bryce said causing Kicker to cough at that.
"I'm not THAT bad." Kicker defended as that got a ruffle from him.
"From these reports its close." Bryce said and in turn Kicker made his case.
"Look I know I'm not the easiest guy to get along with, but I've always had Nicks back, y'know." Kicker defended before going on. "I mean at the very least I may not be the brightest, but I can get the job done." He added which Bryce had to agree. Kicker had been through several battles already and was noted to stand his ground against the Radan. Kicker may not be one for training but with each battle he gets smarter and despite his lack of military discipline he more than makes up for it with his street smarts.
"Can you explain your role in this, Mr. Jones?" Bryce asked gesturing for Kicker to speak.
"Ok out in the field and off the field I can be a little reckless." Kicker said recalling the two incidents that put them in a bad spot. "Nick gets on my case about it but I know it's because he cares and all that." Kicker said as he then scratched his head a bit. "More so I can understand why he cares; I got a younger sister myself and I don't know what I would do if something were to happen to her and I could have stopped it." Kicker said as while Nick gets on his nerves at times, he knew that it was because Nick cared. "None of us have been at this for long at least not like Nick and Shara its why they are the ones in charge experience that we don't have." Kicker said and in turn that came to another subject.
"So, Shara Carter is second-in-command?" Bryce said more then asked to which Kicker nodded to this.
"Yeah basically." Kicker said confirming this fact. "She's not much for battle simply because she hates it... but she hates people suffering even more so that's why she fights." Kicker said as he spoke his piece.
"And from what I understand the system that the Radan used for Tekkaman Augmentation rejected her?" Bryce asked and thus Kicker nervously nodded in response.
"At first... but the Bots found a way to save her and allow her to keep the powers." Kicker said trying to find a way to say it without painting the Autobots in a bad light.
"Can you explain this procedure?" Bryce asked as Kicker tried to carefully say his words for Shara's sake.
"Basically put... the Autobots made her Techno-Organic with her consent of course." Kicker said trying to be careful with this. "We had a few issues with it though." Kicker said remembering Shara's recent incident with her new lease on life. "The Autobots would NEVER do that to someone without consent first and even then, they only do it if it can save their life." Kicker said as Bryce had it all on record.
"Please don't tie her to a dissection table after all she's been through and just getting her second lease on life, she doesn't deserve that." Kicker said not wanting Shara to become a lab rat knowing how Nick might react to it.
"Your concerns are unfounded we won't do something like that to her." Bryce said having faith the US Government would never do something so morbid. "Now back to subject as I understand you and your friend a Ms. Misha Miramond were augmented from this Radan incident what can you tell us?" Bryce asked and thus Kicker sighed knowing the conversation was going there.
"Misha and I we just at the wrong place at the wrong time." Kicker admitted as he knew how it was. "See, General Bryce we were passing through the town visiting her grandmother at the next town over when Radan hit." Kicker said knowing the sweet old lady was relieved to see her granddaughter was safe and sound. "After we were changed Misha stayed most of the time at the base acting as mission control." Kicker said explaining how Misha was not much of a fighter.
"Her background suggested she was academically gifted." Bryce said and Kicker nodded in confirmation.
"Yeah, she and I attended the same boarding school, she got in on a scholarship and I got in because my dad was a loaded genius." Kicker said with a tone suggesting how much he hated going to that school.
Bryce took a moment to look at Kickers papers again when he mentioned the last bit. "Wait is your dad a Doctor Brian Jones one of the leading researchers in Firmorian energy?" Bryce asked as he looked to Kicker shocked at not noticing the relation sooner.
"Yeah, it's that deadbeat." Kicker said revealing that he and his father do not have a good relationship.
"Huh find it hard believe that your, his son." Bryce said causing Kicker to sit up and glare.
"Hey!" Kicker snapped but saw the others in the room jump a bit. "Sorry... it's a touchy subject." Kicker said as he sat back down and calmed his temper.
"I can tell." Bryce said as he looked to Kicker. "Now as you've already noticed you and your team have caused a stir and since we can no longer pretend your unit doesn't exist, we need to come up with new protocols to deal with this." Bryce said as he looked to Kicker.
"I'm not the brains here but since we now exist... why not just tell people?" Kicker asked and thus Bryce looked to Kicker with a calm yet cold look.
"That is still to be decided." Bryce said and thus Kicker sighed to this.
"Alright." Kicker said and in turn the topic went like this for a bit longer.
(Scene Break Later)
Shara was sitting on the chair as General Bryce looked to her. "Shara Carter one of the lucky survivors of the Argos incident that brought Earth into contact with Radan also designated as Spider Crabs or Venomoids." Bryce said as Shara nodded to this.
"Yes sir." Shara said as she sat straight and looked professional. She even had a dress suit for this meeting knowing one wrong move could lead to her friends being on the dissection table.
"If it's not too much trouble what was your role on the Argos?" Bryce asked and thus Shara nodded in understanding.
"My role was communications and medical aid I was one the scanners when we detected the Radan Ship and was there when we made the foolish choice to board the vessel." Shara said with a bit of a calm tone in her voice as she spoke of this incident. "After we were taken and augmented, I was the 5th Tekkaman to emerge mainly because I was rejected by the system the Radan employed." Shara said and thus Bryce nodded to this.
"And from what I understand to be rejected by that system was to die?" Bryce asked and in turn Shara nodded in response. "But it was thanks to the Autobots that you were able to survive and currently act as Blades second-in-command?" Bryce asked as Shara heard him.
"While yes it was thanks to the Autobots that I survived... me becoming second-in-command just sort of happened, if anyone is his second it would have to be Coby." Shara said as she didn't view herself as Nicks second-in-command.
"The others would beg to differ." Bryce said pulling up the comments the other Tekkaman had made. "More so it was thanks to you that we now possess key intelligence of the enemy's stronghold which is what Project Blue Earth is being prepped for." Bryce said as the Blue Earth was to be used as their primary method of taking the fight to the Radan. "The fact you did it while your body was breaking down at the seams speaks highly of your own resolve." Bryce said praising the girl for her resilience.
"But... it doesn't put us in United States Governments favor." Shara said as Bryce sighed to this. "Honestly I'm ok with that, I know that people fear things they can't control or understand and Tekkaman have powers beyond the average humans... but most of us were born and raised on Earth AS humans and what happened to us was just a horrible turn of events." Shara said as she then sat tall. "If your government distrusts us very well but that is why I need to keep fighting why all of us need to keep fighting." Shara said and thus Bryce raised a brow to this.
"That's very passionate of you Ms. Carter but." Bryce began but was cut off by Shara.
"No, it's a promise I want to help make a world where Tekkaman and humans can live as equals and to do that the Tekkaman here need to show humanity that we're not all cut from the same cloth and... as Optimus once said Freedom is the Right of all sentient beings." Shara said as she had plans, she wanted to pursue in her future. The Tekkaman are going to become public and in doing so will swell in numbers. For this reason alone, Shara intended to go into politics to be the voice of the Tekkaman to show the world that they were also people who just happened to share this world with the human race.
"So, you feel your actions were the first step into creating this equality?" Bryce asked and thus Shara nodded to this.
"Yes sir." Shara responded as she kept her posture in this conversation.
"I see." Bryce said and while he portrayed a look of indifference, he also knew that if the Radan start their invasion a lot of Tekkaman are going to come from it. When that happens, they will need a voice to speak on their behalf and Shara might be the one. "That will be all, Ms. Carter." Bryce said and in turn Shara nodded and took her leave of the scene.
(Scene Break Autobot Outpost Omega 1)
The Space Knights were allowed to return to base as they waited for news on what the US Government was going to do. Nick stood with his team as things were not ok around the base. With Optimus Prime reverted to Orion Pax and taken by Megatron Elita-1 was now the leader of the Autobots. Elita for her part was focused on trying to locate Optimus and to do that they had to find the Nemesis.
The Space Knights stayed out of the Autobots way for this as Nick looked to his team. "So... what do you think will happen to us?" Bud asked with a hint of fear in his voice.
"No clue, the worst-case scenario they consider us to dangerous and basically make us vanish only to let us loss against the Radan." Misha said as she typed away on her laptop preparing a few contingencies in the event things don't go in their favor.
"Misha." Coby said as Lori then spoke up.
"I mean she's not wrong this is a major thing for us, if the US Governments don't make a decision soon, we'll be as good as dead." Lori said fearing for her friends who were becoming more like family to her.
"Hey if anything bad happens I'm sure Gatchaman can host you guys." Miko said as she smiled to the group.
"Gee thanks." Kicker said with a sarcastic tone while scowled and leaned back on the sofa on which he was sitting.
"Come on guys you know the saying; waiting is the worst part." Jack said as he tried to cheer everyone up only to be glared at. "Ok shutting up now." Jack said and in turn the Elevator opened signaling a new arrival. Looking they saw Mikayla walking into the base as she looked to the Space Knights.
"Any news Special Agent Witwicky?" Elita-1 asked while approaching the Space Knights liaison.
"Well, it took a lot of convincing and a bit of yelling but..." Mikayala said trailing off while getting everyone on edge. Ratchet and Preceptor had coordinates set up to help the Space Knights run for it should the need arise. "The Space Knights are going public." Mikayala said and opened a folder to show them the contents. Inside they saw that the Government was giving them the ok and were to receive awards for their actions.
"YES! HA, WE GET TO STAY!" Kicker cheered as the Space Knights were all cheering and hugging each other for this bit of good fortune.
"Hold on there are a few things we need to go over first." Mikayla said cutting in for the group.
"More so now is not the time to celebrate." Miko added much to everyone's shock. "We gotta rescue big guy from the cons." Miko said and thus it was clear that they had other things to worry about.
"But first... you all have an event in DC." Mikayla said making the group look to her in shock.
(Scene Break the Next Day Washington DC White House)
On national Television the Tekkaman all stood behind the President of the United States as he gave a speech to the public. Blade, Rapier, Hammer, Scythe, Disk, Claymore, and Cutlass all stood side by side in that order with Pegas standing behind Blade. Now normally Nick would be worried about his timer but thankfully Ratchet and Fowler pulled through with a Soul Tekkaman suit modeled off of his Blade form. To put it simply, no one can tell the difference between them. Yes, they omitted the stuff with Unicron, but they were national heroes now.
They President was singing praises for them as Nick could not help but smile a bit while under the helmet. "Knights in shining armor huh, makes us sound like fantasy heroes." Claymore said in a hushed tone while the President spoke.
"Shut up." Scythe scolded as they needed to look presentable to the public.
"Hey, last I check Nick and Shara are the ones who bark orders." Claymore countered with a smirk in his tone.
"While you botch up simple directions every which way." Scythe said and thus Claymore sighed to this.
"Misha and Pegas showed you the videos, didn't they?" Claymore asked clearly not happy about that.
"They emailed it to me." Scythe said and thus Claymore growled to this and turned away.
Meanwhile Shara could not believe what was happening. To think the Carters left Earth as colonists and returned to become heroes. "I can't believe we don't need to hide anymore." Rapier said happy that she can open up to her true self a bit more.
"We just took the first step in the Tekkaman being able to live here without fear of persecution." Blade said as he stood with his sister.
"Yeah." Rapier said before looking to her friends. "I thought... after the Argos where the Radan took away everyone, we loved it would just be you and me from then on but looking at them now..." Rapier said and thus she smiled back to her brother. "I think we got a new family to look after and they us." Rapier said her voice clearly showing the joy she felt.
Meanwhile Coby, Bud, and Misha were having their own discussion. "We shouldn't be up here not with Optimus in trouble." Disk said as he was worried for Optimus.
"Don't worry Bud, we'll find him and when we do, we'll bring him home." Hammer said promising that they will find Optimus and rescue him from the Decepticons.
"Still, I don't like it all that much." Cutlass said and thus the boys looked to her. "First Gatchaman and now this... I'm worried we might be sending a message to every wacko on Earth and beyond saying to come fight us." Cutlass said as she had issues with that. "What if something bigger shows up?" Cutlass asked and thus Blade stepped up a bit.
"Then we'll face it." He said getting everyone's attention. "Together." Blade added and thus they all agreed to this.
"Right... so is this guy ever gonna stop talking?" Claymore asked as the President seemed to go on with this subject.
(Meanwhile with Evil)
Evil saw the scene on his own TV as he sat in a cave where all his Tekkaman were incubating. Smirking to this he turned off the TV just as the Space Knights were being given metals by the President. "Yes, business as usual." Evil said with a smirk on his face before reverting back to Cain.
He then opened a case that was sent to him by Megatron. Opening it up it revealed a new set of armor for him bearing the Decepticon crest on it. "Well, if I'm going to be the part." He said and thus took the helmet. "I'd better look the part." He added and in turn Cain began to strip off his current outfit to put the new Decepticon armor on.
(Scene Break that Night, Jasper Nevada)
Nick had returned home with Ironhide and Shara after a long day. Celebrations for the public and then planning on how to rescue Optimus from Megatron. Despite this he could use a long rest after everything that had happened. Of course, entering the house, he noticed something was up, Nick knew Jack was with Raf for some homework, Miko was at her host parents, and June had the night shift. So why did it feel like something was off.
"Nick." Shara said as she felt it too.
It wasn't until they got to the living room that the siblings found the source. "You and your team did something big, Nick Carter... or should I call you Tekkaman Blade?" A man standing in the living room looking at a painting June had.
"Who are you?" Nick asked as he was on edge now as was Shara. The man was wearing a coat before turning toward the pair and tossing a file onto the table. Looking it over Nick was met with images of not only himself as Tekkaman Blade but also of Gatchaman's leader Tatsuya and Kasumi both in their Gatchaman forms, a man in white with a stylized C with a dog as he stood with a group of soldiers, and finally a young man in red armor as he was fighting alongside giant humanoid turtles against a group of Ninja.
"You're not the only guy in the world who got himself these sorts of powers." The man said and thus he turned to Nick and Shara revealing himself of mix ethnicities to the pair. "Mr. Carter you've just become a part of a much bigger universe and you don't even realize it yet." The man said and thus Nick had to ask.
"Who the hell are you?" Nick asked while glaring at the man who came out of the shadows.
"My name is Noah Tyler Director of the Tatsunoko Organization and I'd like to discuss with you about Infini-t Force." Noah said and thus Nick and Shara just stood there in shock before looking to each other.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well, another chapter is done and published. I hope you all had enjoyed it and will join us as we enter Season 2. So, until then be sure to leave a review and I will once again say, ja-ne.