Family Feud

------ Occupied Isreal --------------

Xt flew slowly towards the massive complex. This was to be his first visit to the main Chronos research facility and the plant that houses the new ark that is underconstruction. . He slowed his flight and dropped to the ground in front of the main entrance. He was greeted by a Zoagod in human form. The being inclined his head before keying a security code into a keypad next to the massive steel door.

The door opened silently and the Zoagod preceded him into the facility.

" I have been informed that you are authorized to access all sectors of this base. Where do you wish to go?" The Zoagod seemed quite nervous, Xt couldn't blame him. Not more than a month ago he had slaughtered quite a few of his brothers.

" I would like to see a man named Bal - cus" The Zoagods eyes unfocused for a moment as he contacted his superiors. " Professor Balcus will see you, please follow me."

He was led to a large room filled with technology, At the center stood two figures both bent over a collection of parts that looked like they were made of partially melted tupperware.

As Xt approached them he recognized one as the man named Josh. It was still odd to see one of the War clan working next to Chronos Personnel. They both looked up as Xt stepped up to them. " You are Professor Balcus?" Balcus eyed the guyver for a moment. " Yes, that is my name. What can I do for you?" Xt glanced at Josh, "I wish to speak with you in private." Balcus gestured towards another door off of the room.

"And thats where I stand now. My unit has adapted to the human body, but it is hampering my powers. Have you any suggestions? " Balcus nodded his head slowly. " A very intreging problem, And you say to power drain only occured after the second transformation?" At Xt's nod Balcus continued.

" Then I would say that the weakness was caused by extremely low bio-energy levels. The human body is basically a very effiecent Bio-energy factory, most bio-energy is stored for later use. You have only just received a human form, it may take some time for it to manufacture enough bio-energy to create a self-sustaining dynamic. I would guess that by controlling your use of bio-energy you should be able to avoid another episode."

" I am grateful for your insight. In truth I had not much hope that you could help." Balcus smiled slighty. " If I may ask, why didn't you go to the creator, Dibblis?" Xt's eyes flashed, " I have recently discovered a series of subliminal cumpulsions that he placed into my unit's memory. They have been eliminated, but I now wish nothing more to do with him."

The aging Zoalord nodded. " If I might offer you a bit of advice. Spend some time as a human. You might be pleasantly surprised." Xt stood and began to leave. " I may just do that. Again, My thanks."

Xt was again on his way to the front when he heard a voice he knew down a side hallway. Turning he went toward the sound. His Zoagod guide shadowing his footsteps. He came out into a large garden, in the center sat two men, both very tall and very muscled. Xt recognized one immediately. " How are you Xertax? I trust you have healed from our last encounter?" Zertax turned quickly towards the sound. For a moment he seemed shocked then his face erupted into a huge grin.

" Of all the wonders I thought to see, This was not one of them. I see your using your newly found freedom to good effect. Please, let me introduce you to my son, Xetel." The other man silently gave a short nod seeming perplexed. Xt returned the salute. " I heard your voice and hoped to speak with you, One warrior to another." Zertax continued to smile. " Certainly, Xetel would you excuse us for a moment?" The younger Dominia bowed before silently leaving.

" He is a Zoagod as well?" Zertax's smile faded. " He was to be, but the process didn't turn out well, He became a lost number and his battleform was stunted, His powers were not at the standard Zoagod level. He believes I am dissapointed in him because of it. He thinks I see him as a failure. Nothing I can say will change his mind. I don't know what to say." Xt nodded.

" Anyway what is it you wished to talk about?" Xt gazed at the Zoagod for a moment. " What is it like to be human?"

------------- Desert-Nevada ---------------

The leather jacket felt uncomfortable at first, but he was slowly getting used to it. They were whipping through the desert in a hummer specially retrofitted to Zertax's specifications. Xt's human form was not very impressive, he had long red hair and a build that at best would be described as a smallish medium, the one truely odd thing was his eyes. They were a light almost electric blue.

Xt found the speed exhilerating in this weaker form. The danger was close but not immediate. It dumped adrenaline into his system causing a rush that was completely new to him. They flew over another hill and their destination came into sight.

Xt felt another pang of uncertainty at finally seeing where they were going. New Las Vegas, still the gambling capitol of the world. They flew into town, zig zagging through traffic at such speed that Xt was a second from summoning his unit when they finally screeched around a corner coming to a halt in front of a building covered in lights.

Zertax just sat there for a minute. " I'm trying to figure out what to call you, Xt is a little well known." Xt thought about it for a moment and dredged up a name from his memory. " Call me Kalen. I think it was my name." Zertax nodded. " Well then Kalen, Let's show you what being human is all about." With that they entered the building after turning the keys over to a well dressed porter. Zertax stopped at the counter and collected a large pile of playing chips from his private account.

Kalen learned how to play the various games and efficiently lost most of his wagers. He found the games enjoyable but hoped there was more to life than this. Zertax was having a blast here. Apparently everyone here knew him and that he tipped generously and was everybodies friend. Kalen eventually took to wandering around watching the other players. It was there that he first saw her, sitting alone at one of the tables in the cafe. Shock rooted him in place, he had no idea she would be here.

Jessica had thought that coming here, where she and Ira had once had such good times might help the pain. But all it did was remind her again and again how much she missed Ira. And that Ira was gone. She shut her eyes tight against the tears as wave after wave of sorrow almost tore a sob from her throat.

Kalen could do nothing but stare at her. She looked so tragic, so alone. He didn't even hear Zertax come up beside him. " What are you waiting for? Go on, talk to her." He couldn't help himself as he walked forward, all the fears rushed up at him, how could he help her in this, how was it his right to interfere. All the logic he had was ripped to shreds in that instant. As he moved towards her and sat down at her table.....

Later all he remembered of that time was the joy of being with her and the fear that she would send him away. But she didn't and as they fell to talking he found himself making up a past for himself. Through it all he wanted her to think him a normal regular person.

Jessica didn't know what to make of this young man. When he first approached her, his hair and face had brought back so many memories, he had an almost uncanny resemblance to Ira at first glance. She found herself curious about him, he seemed somehow out of place.

Eventually the drinks started going to her head, although he hadn't had any, she had continued with her drinking. Maybe it was the booze, maybe a flash of light reflected off his unique eyes. but she swore that she saw his eyes flare a bright blue for a moment.

Kalen shuddered as he felt a presence he knew and yet was alien to him. He had a mere second to ponder this before the large skylight in the room shattered with the entrance of a red bolt of lightning. It struck the middle of the gameroom, scattering the tables and tossing people like ragdolls. In the midst of the groans and screams of the stricken, the bolt resolved itself into the form of a guyver. It seemed female but its form was larger, more powerful, And more evil looking.

" I seek the one called XT. Where is he?" Zertax approached. " Xt isn't here, go look somewhere else, or you might get hurt." He then changed to his Battleform. " Impressive human, but pointless." The strange guyver raised her hand and blasted Zertax back through a wall with an energy beam. Kalen began to gather the energy to transform. He has discovered that it required a substantial jolt to bring his energy matrix into phase for the transformation.

Jessica staggered to her feet, brushing of the plaster and dust. " Alright, So ya wanna get ruff huh? Guyavur!!!" The blast field surrounded her and again she became the Black Guyver. Her C-medal glowed brightly as it began to compensate for the alcohol in her system. She stood straighter and her voice was clearer. " Okay, so lets rumble." She leaped forward firing a stream of pressure cannon shots. The guyver didn't move as the shots disappeared as they splashed harmlessly of an energy-shield. " Damn." Jessica landed a little off balance, the booze were still giving her problems. The guyver again raised her hand firing another energy-beam at the shaky black guyver, just as Zertax burst up through the floor, decking the unknown guyver back through the front glass of the casino.

"Guyver megasmash it." Black didn't argue and opened her chestplate. As the guyver stalked back in she was caught full on in the beam. When the blast ended nothing could be seen through the smoke. " Pathetic." The guyver rushed foreward and slammed her hand into Black's midsection. Black screamed as the contact started transfering energy directly into her body. It raced like lightning up her armor to her control medal. The scream cut off as her control metal emitted a deafening shriek and a shower of sparks before the armor retracting suddenly.

She fell backwards and the guyver was about to turn her attention on Zertax when she was stopped by the sight of a young redhead standing over the motionless form of the female guyver that was no longer a threat. His eyes glowing like the event horizon of a black hole. " You want me, You got me. BIO-BOOST!!!"

He felt the power he had released rebound a hundred fold as an energy field surrounded him. The unit came into being violently as if sharing his rage. Then something odd happened. His control medal started sending him flashes of information about this new guyver. Listing it's strengths and weaknesses and outlining all available plans of attack. He was intreged by this, but wasn't about to look a gift guyver in the mouth.

" Zertax, Take care of Jess. Anything happens to her and we'll have another little rumble." With that he took off through the roof followed closely by his opponent. "What? Don't you remember me Kalen?" Xt turned in midair. " How do you know that name?"

" I should have guessed you would have forgotten after so long.... brother." Xt stopped. " Brother?" The alien guyver didn't stop however she slammed into Xt at full speed. Xt rolled with the blow and grabbing her around the throat he hurled her earthward. He then opened a portal out of the city hoping to draw her away from the population center, where he could use his full power.

He landed and awaited her arrival. Another portal opened and she appeared. " Who are you?" She took a step towards him. " I am the Avenger, I am the form of your death." " I don't care who you say you are, but I won't allow you to hurt anyone else." He extended his foreward plasmablades and took a fighting stance. She mirrored his movement. " That weak little human guyver, does she mean something to you? I don't know how you did that human form trick, but you've got to know that these pitiful beings are doomed."

Xt knew what she was hoping for, and gave it to her. He lunged forward, ready for the underhanded sweep he somehow knew she would use. As her arm came up under his gaurd he grabbed her wrist, and rolling to the side he pulled and came up into a throw. She slammed into a rocky outcropping, shattering it.

As the dust settled he found himself looking at her in a crouching position that placed him directly in the path of the energy sphere she was powering. Throwing up his shield he opened his plasmasmasher and powered it up, just as a violent flare of energy flashed towards him. Quickly he transfered the plasmasmasher power into his shield. As the energy pulse slammed into his shield driving him backwards a few feet, he felt his shield's power increase. His Control medal was absorbing a fair amount of the energy automatically. Smiling at this subtle assist he willed his shield into it's next form.

Avenger watched as Xt's shield flared white before collapsing inward. It surrounded his body like a second glowing skin. She was shocked by this ability. " You've changed Kalen, You are more powerful than you should be." Xt just grunted. " I am so pleased you approve." He leaped into the air already transfering the energy into his gauntlet. He tried to control the power surge this time as he streaked toward her. She flung her plasmablade up to take the blow and screamed in shock and pain as her blade fizzled against the incredible power of his fully charged plasmablade.

It sliced downward and he leaped back towards his starting position. She still stood glaring at him, but now she was missing an arm. Giving a scream of rage she tore open one of her chestplates and fired almost immediately. Xt barely had time to reinforce his body shield as the blast threw him backwards. When the glare faded she was gone. A closing portal testament to her sudden disappearance.

" Damn." Xt was decidedly not happy about this. Returning to the Casino he found it swarming with paramedics, firefighters and other emergency personal. He arrived just in time to catch a glimpse of Jessica being loaded into an ambulance.

Calmly he landed in front of it. In the midst of the blaring horns and sirens he walked around to the back, opened the door and removed her limp form. Taking off he pumped his shield to maximum and accelerated to his top speed. Like a shooting star he streaked through the sky, fading into the distance.

----------- Alkenphel's House -------------

Alkenphel stood gazing up at the stars, pondering the future when a portal appeared in front of him. He watched passively as Xt emerged from it's depths. " I require a favor." Alkenphel smiled. " And it's good to see you to Xt. And what is so important that you need my help?"

" I need the use of a unit remover." Alk looked at him sharply. " For what purpose?" Xt ignored the look and continued. " One of the human guyvers units has been damaged. It cannot be repaired because the unit still inhabits hyperspace. In order to effect repairs it will need to be removed while in hyperspace, and so I need a remover."

Alkenphel nodded, We have one that can be used, but it must be returned intact. We may have need of it in the future.

---------------- New Houston ------------------

--------------- Our Mother of Mercy ------------

------------------ General Hospital----------------

Jessica awoke with a start. She was laying on a bed in a white walled room. A bank of medical monitors were monitoring her vitals, she tiredly pulled the sensor pads off of her skin and sat up. A moment later the door opened and in stepped Xt.

" Are you..... Alright?" Jessica heard the concern in his voice. " I'm a little shaky, but I'll be fine. What happened?" Xt looked away. " Your unit was damaged, irrepairably I'm afraid. I removed it, but it is inactive now. I..... I ... am sorry, If only I could have stopped it."

Jessica digested the news. " How do you know the unit is no longer active?" Xt walked over to the window. " I saw the damage, but was too late to help you. I asked both Dibblis and Chronos for help in repairing it. They have given me no hope." Jessica shakily got to her feet. " You took me to Chronos for help? How dare you, After all they have done to us, to me. You would take me to them for what? To find out that they are a pack of lying inhuman freaks? I already knew that.............."

Xt didn't hear the rest, The phrase "Inhuman Freak"echo again and again in his mind. It cut worse than any blade had in over a thousand years. For what was he but a half-breed now. He shuddered at the name, and knew that however indirectly, however unintentionally it had been applied to him as well.

Jessica continued her ranting until she realized she was alone in the room. The open window the only testament to Xt's departure......

-------------- Cerberus Island ---------------

Xt stepped into the underground refuge, he was balanced perfectly between the points of his anger and pain. Letting out a scream of anguish he proceded to destroy half the equipment in the room. Every explosion, every piece of rending metal cooled his rage, until again it was buried under the surface of his diamond hard persona.

He then opened a portal and left nothing behind but the acrid stench of burning wiring and the clatter as a few shattered pieces of metal and plastic tumbled to the ground.

--------------------- Guyver testing grounds ---------------------------------

Jessica stepped into the clearing to see Dibblis carefully watching the testing of his lates creation the Pirate Guyver. The guyver was performing various functions. He leaped into the air as another of the small silvery drones angled in, it released a storm of low level laser fire. Pirate dodged it all bringing his fist up through the unit shattering it into shards of mangled steel.

Two more angled in raking his back with fire. The shots where designed not to injure only mildly sting. Pirate whirled sniping one with a head beam, before raising his hand. Out of a crystal on the top of his hand a focused plasma charge shot. For a second Jessica thought it was a laser, as the small craft dodged it, but then the beam turned in midair arrowing through the silver object. It then retracted bringing the powerless craft along with it.

Pirate stared at the toy before giving the plasmawhip a crack, severing it in two.

" How did I do?" Pirate landed next to the Creator. " Very well, very well indeed my friend."

Suddenly a portal opened and Xt appeared. Dibblis watched him arrive. " Ah, just the person I wished to see. I need to talk with you Xt." Xt ignored the Creator's comment. " Jessica, I have something to show you." The creator stepped in front of Xt. " Didn't you hear me? I need to speak with you." Again Xt ingored him. " I command you to speak with me!" Xt looked down at the Azathoth. He stared at him silently for a moment before his eyes flashed a violent red and he backhanded the creator through a small tree.

He took a step towards the prone form of the creator. " Now listen to me carefully. If you ever come near me again I will kill you, understand?" He grabbed Dibblis by the throat lifting him into the air. " Understand Creator?" He gave Dibblis a shake. The azathoth made a strangled sound and Xt released him just as a plasmawhip lashed out biting into his shoulder. Xt turned seeing Pirate readying for another strike. He did nothing allowing Pirate the first move. The guyver leaped into the air lashing out with a plasmawhip. As the whip approached its tip flashed and broke into several seperate tips. They wrapped around Xt's chest binding his arms to his sides.

" That is unwise, You are not yet controlling your powers. You are letting them have free reign. You cannot defeat me." Xt reached up and grabbed one of the whip cords sending a burst of energy down it's length. Pirate screamed as the energy wave hit him. His whips flickered and went out. Xt turned back to the Creator as Pirate hit the ground. He again grabbed the creator around the neck and this time hurled him at a nearby boulder. The stone shattered with the impact. Xt heard uncontrolled laughter behind him and turned to see Warrior standing with his arms crossed. " I was wondering when you'd grow a brain and learn how chicken shit that damned creator is."

" Stay out of this Warrior." Xt's eyes flashed. " Hey I'm just an innocent bystander here." Warrior re-crossed his arms and went back to chuckling out loud. Xt turned back to watch as Dibblis struggled to his feet. " Remember what I said. I never want to so much as see you again. And if you ever steal technology from me again I will make your death unbearably slow." He opened a portal and stalked through it. Jessica watched Xt leave, she found him unapproachable after that outburst of anger. It was the first time that she had every seen him actually enraged.

--------------- Hyperspace -------------------

Avenger swore as she examined the damage to her arm. The wound was healing but incredibly slow. It would be at least another two days before she was again ready for battle. Suddenly her sensors detected something approaching, something that was very powerful. She rotated in hyperspace bringing herself to bear on the intruder. " I am the Nanotechnic Guyver. Identify yourself." Avenger raised her good hand readying an plasmablast. " I am the Avenger. My fight is with the Xt guyver. I have no interest in you." Nano chuckled. By the looks of you Xt is a little out of your power range." Avenger snorted. " By the looks of you, you ran into a rather powerful foe yourself."

Nano looked down at his blackened outer casing. " Maybe we can help each other then." Avenger lowered her hand. " What do you propose?"

------------- Onboard the Accolade --------------------

The party on board the Accolade was just heating up, and yet Xt was starting to get a rather serious headache from the noise. He spotted both Alkenphel and Greg sitting at the main table. Over against one wall he saw Balcus enjoying a quiet drink. Xt walked over to the elder zoalord. " I just wished to thank you for your help. It lead to some rather interesting incidents, not all pleasant I'm afraid. I was wondering If you would have a spare pass with you." Balcus was slightly startled. " You are easily recognized here, why would you need a pass?" Xt sighed. " Simple my friend, I wish to de-activate my unit and...... mingle. that will be rather difficult with every gaurd here trying to toss me out an airlock."

Balcus smiled. " Yes, I see your point. Let me see..." Waving one of the gaurds over he whispered something to him and the gaurd nodded before handing to Xt a small holographic disc on a chain.

Xt thanked the Zoalord before retreating to one of the empty rooms. Once alone he de-activated the guyver. Underneath he had made certain he wore suitable clothing. The disc hung around his neck in full sight. He returned to the main room, still feeling slightly uncomfortable, and this increased when he saw Balcus standing there with a slight smile as an usher plucked at his elbow and motioned him to the main table where a seat had been made available.

Mumbling about Zoalords and various ways to neatly filet them, he allowed himself to be led to the head of the Table. " Kalen, my friend, Good to see you. Zertax has told me much about you. Please, join us." Alkenphel smiled slyly and glancing at Greg gave Kalen a wink. Kalen returned the niceties before allowing himself to be seated. He ordered a simple water, because he had yet to develop any tolerance for alcohol.

Throughout the conversation Greg stared at his curiously, it made Kalen very uncomfortable. " I don't beleive we've met before, what did you say you're name was?" Greg was fishing for clues. Kalen saw this and was about to answer when Alk did so for him. " What you don't remember him"? And I thought you two had left enough marks on each other. That little fight you had on Cerberus ended up being a REAL shocker now didn't it Greg?" Greg's eyes narrowed and then widened in shock. " Xt? Is that you?" Kalen tried to smile. " I'm afraid so Warrior. Amazing how a little Genetic manipulation can change your entire life."

Greg almost seemed angry until he dissolved into a fit of laughter. " Too true, too true. Let me introduce you to someone who has changed my life considerably. Xt.. er Kalen please meet my one true love... Cassandra." Kalen rose to his feet and gave a half bow. " An honor to meet you at last, Cassandra. Many people have said great things about you. I am glad to see you have again rejoined us." Cassandra gave a slight smile. " A pleasure."

Kalen stood. " I am afraid I must retire for the evening. I hope to see you again. a pleasure as always Alkenphel." Xt left the table and proceeded to the closest airlock. He had other things to take care of this day.

----------------------- Domain ----------------------------------

Jessica was standing on the balcony of her room at the Domain. It was so empty here now, so many friends had been lost. And without her guyver she had no hope of avenging them, of avenging Ira. looking down at the crashing surf she was suprised to she a figure moving. It was a man with long red hair. She ran to the main entrance to see who it was.

Kalen walked slowly towards the structure. He had decided to wait for his suprise. He had to let her know who... and what he was before continuing. And then there she was walking towards him and everything changed. " Would you care to go for a walk?"

They strolled along the beach for quite a while. Jessica lost count of the hours. Then something happened. Before she knew what three men had appeared. " Well aren't you a sweet little thing. Why ya hangin around with this shrimp? Why don't you be a good little girl and just come with us." Then they began changing, they were zoanoids. One was a Gregole, one a Vamore and the last was a Broyce. They all started laughing.

Jessica was about to call her unit, when it hit her. She wasn't a guyver anymore, how could she do anything. She tried to pull Kelan away, but He resisted. " Your Lord Alkenphel wll not be pleased when he hears about this." Gregole stepped forward. " And who's going to tell him? You?" Gregole lashed out with a punch. Jessica screamed as she saw Kelan knocked backwards. But he remained standing, he spat out a glob of blood. His eyes began to glow as he summoned energy to him. He didn't have time to call his unit, but he should be able to handle this without it.

Gregole was stunned. This puny punk should have been a greasy stain after a hit like that. The kid actually stepped forward and threw a punch back. Gregole grinned as he saw this. But that grin faded when he felt a white hot pain like a knife rip through his guts. The other two back off quickly as the energy beam ripped through gregole cutting him in half.

Then Vamore's shoulder pods sprang open as he readied a bio-blast. Kalen saw the beams charge and raised his hands a small smile on his face. Vamore fired the weapons and the twinned beams lanced out at Kalen only to be refracted around him continuing on their path only vaporizing seawater. Jessica was stunned by this young mans astonishing powers, she remembered Sho had told her once about a man he had known named Murikami, a zoalord testbody that had powers like this.

Kalen summoned a ball of bio-energy to his fingertips. It looked like a white version of a pressure cannon. Throwing it at the suprised zoanoid he watched as it blew a hole through it's chest. The Vamore's bio-blaster units overloaded and the zoanoid blew itself apart. The Broyce didn't know what to do. He backed away from the young man, and ran. Kalen let the fleeing zoanoid go. He stood there panting after that exertion, before turning towards Jessica.

Jessica saw the look of pain in his eyes before he turned and walked away. There was no choice, he couldn't even pretend to be human now.

" Wait." Jessica called after him. " Don't go. Please, stay." Kalen stopped he couldn't do it. He couldn't ignore that voice even if he tried. And yet he also knew he couldn't stay. " It's better if I just go, I'm not truly human." Jessica put her hand on his shoulder. " You are as human as I am, even if you do have some secrets."

Kalen looked into her eyes and saw no fear or pity there, as he had been afraid he would find. " I... will stay."

--------------------- New Angeles ----------------------------

They had gone out for an evening meal. Kalen still found food extremely interesting in all its varieties. They were walking back from dinner when Kalen again felt that presence, just like he had in the Casino that night. He stopped walking trying to figure out where it was coming from when a shadowy form dropped from the rooftop of the building they had been passing. It was the Avenger, but she seemed different now. Her eyes glowed a constant cobalt blue.

" Well Kalen, lets finish our little fight. I grow tired of this pitiful world and look forward to watching the creators destroy it. She raised her hand as Kalen pushed Jessica out of the way. The blast cut through his low powered shield knocking the wind out of his lungs and throwing him back into a wall. He felt something snap and a terrible tightness in his chest. He was still partially energized from earlier and he threw that power into summoning his armor. His eyes began to shift towards their energized state.

" Does the human female know what you really are?" Avenger began to laugh. " You mean you never told her who you were? Well lets show her before I kill her shall we?" Kalen cast a look of sorrow at Jessica as he struggled to his feet. Avenger fired a laser into the wall over his head bringing an avalanche of shattered brick down on him.

Jessica cried out his name as he disappeared under the stone. Avenger waited as the last of the rubble settled. " Oh well, I guess I must have killed him. Too bad.... Well now what am I going to do with you. Killing might almost be a mercy before the creators raze this planet."

Then red energy flashed out from in between the pieces of stone before a massive blast field erupted and Kalen was rising from the rubble. His eyes were full of tears as a shadowy form appeared behind him. She watched as he was surrounded by armor that was so familiar she almost didn't identify it at first. Then it hit her, before her stood Xt, where Kalen had been.

He rushed forward interposing himself between Jessica and Avenger." You will not harm her." Avenger laughed. " I have no interest in her. I want to revenge myself on you." Xt leaped into the air and sped away. Avenger close behind. Jessica watched them leave before running after them as fast as she could.

She felt the earth tremble and heard massive explosions. Outside the city a multicolored light show could be seen shooting across the sky. " Oh Xt, be careful."

Xt dodged another volley of Laser fire and fired a plasmasphere in return. It spattered against Avenger's shield harmlessly. " Why do you despise me so?" Avenger came to a hover. " I seek to avenge our world's death. Which you caused." Her C-medal lit up as she transmitted images. Xt's medal also glowed as it processed the images. A view of a planet seen from space. A large relic was in orbit. Suddenly it listed badly as a gout of orange flame erupted from it's side. Out of the dying ship a guyver flew. It's eyes glowed an angry red as it looked with disgust on the planet below. It tore open it's chestplate and fired a massive energyblast at the surface.

The dying relic tried valiently to stop the beam by putting itself in the path of the beam. The beam struck the ship, and tore through it striking the planet beyond, blowing it to rubble. Xt heard the screams of the dying. And then the guyver looked at him, and it was as if he was looking in a mirror. The guyver was himself.

" No, I don't believe it. I can't have done what you say. It's not possible. The creators destroyed our home." Avenger just laughed. " I thought you had a memory problem. I was there, and I swore revenge for that day. The creators were very helpful in providing this unit, and the Human Nanotechnic guyver was very generous with this." She began to glow with blue energy, it flared out around her as she shot skyward.

Xt watched in shock as she came hurtling down at him. He slammed his shield to full strength as she struck.......... and shattered it.

Jessica turned away as the flash nearly blinded her. She turned back just in time to see Avenger standing over the blackened form of Xt. " No!"

" The Creators will soon attack in force, now that the ancient Zoalord is dead. I will enjoy watching this world burn!"

Avenger raised her plasmablade for the final strike as Xt melted into the ground. " Damn!"

Xt was in serious pain, he had never felt anything like that. It was as if his entire body was on fire. He had almost been unable to phase in time.

He created a portal, he didn't really care where, just as long as it gave him time to heal.

----------------------------Israel Launch facility------------------------------

He was stunned to find himself at the Israel facility. He tried to make it to the main entrance but he found it difficult to move. He felt a sharp pain and saw a white flash as his unit self-deactivated.

The pain vanished, his body was not injured, but his unit was heavily damaged. He tried to recall it, but the only response he got was an echo of pain. He staggered towards the base and ran head long into Albass. " Who are you and what are you doing here." Kalen didn't have time for this. " Albass, Where is your father, I must speak with him." Albass backed away. " Kalen?"

Kalen leaned against a boulder. " Albass, I have to speak to Alkenphel immediately." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. " He's on his way."

" Thank you." Kalen felt dizzy and slid down the rock to a sitting position. His vision kept fading in and out. He blinked his eyes and when he opened them Alk was kneeling next to him.

"Alkenphel, you must be warned, the creators think you dead and plan to attack. It may provide you with an advantage later on." The pain was returning, it seemed not even his guyver could dampen it forever. " I knew the Creators would attack again, But how do you know they think me dead?"

"I told him." They all turned to see Avenger appear out of a portal. She flung something to the ground, it was Jessica. " She will see your end Kalen." She turned towards Alkanphal. "And the creators will be interested to hear about you." Alkenphel called his unit. " I don't think you'll be telling them anything."

As Alk faced off against the Dark female guyver. Kalen again tried to summon his unit, ignoring the pain he kept trying. His eyes began to glow again. Jessica crawled to his side as the battle between Alk and Avenger intensified. " Kalen, Don't, your unit can't heal that much damage so fast. It won't be able to fight like that." Kalen didn't stop. " I'm sorry for not telling you sooner." Jessica shook her head. " I understand why you didn't."Kalen looked up to see Albass preparing a gravity bullet attack. She released it as Avenger turned her back to it.

The barrage of small projectiles ripped into her armor and she hissed in pain. " You little whore!" She fired a plasmasphere at her as Albass desperately tried to change to her zoalord form. Kalen acted, he struggled to his feet and still trying to summon his guyver he bodily knocked Albass out of the sphere's path. As he fell he felt his unit respond.

Jessica watched as he fell right on top a Albass. A massive blast field erupted from him, the ground was scorched by the heat. Seeing the light Alk turned towards it. " No!" He screamed as Xt rose from the ashes. Alk landed and rushed towards him. " Damn you! You killed her!"

Xt turned and Alk saw Albass still lying there. Unconscious but unharmed. " She will be alright." Xt's armor was still scorched and blackened and he was in terrible pain as his eyes began to shift from their normal purple to a firestorm of red and yellow. " Forgive me for this my friend." He said as he grabbed Alk's arm and linked to his regeneration ability. In seconds he had both fully healed and was glowing with supressed energy. Alk gasped at the tremendous drain it put on his power stores. He dropped to his knees. Looking up he asked. " Why?" Xt gripped him by the shoulder and leaned him against a large stone. " I must do this myself, I can't let anyone else finish the job that is mine."

" Now, Avenger. We end this. You see yourself on a righteous quest to destroy a monster. And you are right, I have no memory of what I did so long ago. But this I know, In your desire to kill me, you were willing to sacrafice just as many lives to achieve your end. I will never allow the creators to destroy humanity, to which I now belong. And if I must destroy you to acheive that, then so it must be."

Xt was suddenly surrounded by a sphere of pure energy. As it faded he had once more been transformed to XT Gen2.

Avenger was shocked by this sudden reversal of fortune. She snarled as she leveled a withering blast of energy at XT2, only to watch is fizzle harmlessly against his shields. " Let me show you how it feels. PLASMA-TRAIL!!!!" Xt2 was suddenly surrounded by a wall of plasma as he leaped into the air, it was almost exactly the same attack she had used. She also powered up and leaped into the air.

The two bolts of energy slammed into one another with a shockwave that knocked Jessica to the ground next to Alkenphel. He was slowly recovering from the power loss and surrounded all three of them in a shield as he cradled Albass's still unconcious form in his arms, his eyes watching the ferocious fight going on over head.

Neither energy trail showed any signs of weakening when all of a sudden Xt's Red trail flashed white and blasted through Avenger's weakened defenses. She screamed in pain as her armor seared from the heat and she fell to the earth, charred a lot like Xt had been. " Now it ends." Xt whispered as he opened his Plamsasmasher and fired it down onto the remains of the Avenger Guyver. And in that beam of violent energy, the Avenger met her end.

Xt landed and panting felt his guyver's need to recharge and sent it away. He then quietly collapsed into Jessica's arms, and of all the places he had been, he now knew he wanted to be nowhere else ever again. He had time for that last thought before the real world faded, and he knew no more.

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"Are you sure about this Jessica?" Kalen still worried about this choice. " There are other ways." Jessica only smiled. " No there isn't and you know it as well as I do. Where I to bond with even another Black unit I would still be underpowered. That's one thing that the Avenger proved to me. At least this way I have a chance to survive and to have my own revenge, for Ira and the others that they have stolen away from me."

Kalen nodded. Stepping back he activated his unit and then he reached into the Magmapool, removing a deactivated guyver. He held it out to Jessica and It's Control Medal Flashed as it began to open. Jessica closed her eyes and gasped as it reached out for her. Xt waited for it to complete it's bonding and then stepped closer. At this early stage it's freind or foe system was not yet operational and so it attacked.

But Xt closed with the out of control guyver and caught her in a bear hug. Even as her shielding clawed at him, even as she struggled furiously to get away, and to kill him. He just took the punishment and held on whispering one phrase over and over to her unconcious form.

" I love you Jessica."