{The same SD boy from last time comes out, albeit a bit happier this time.}

Boy: Hello. Because of the posistive responses from the first chapter, I�d 
thought I�d do another chapter. Enjoy and keep the support I need up please.

{The same SD man from before looks off camera and shakes his head.}

Man: Idiot. {he turns to you} Standard disclaimer so that dummy here won�t get 
sued. And the fact that he�s not even worth suing also adds to it I think.

{The boy hears him.}

Boy: HEY!


Shiroi-Kuma sama presensts
Teknoman:
Shara�s Last Gift
Chapter 2
Based on the Manga:
Space Knight Tekkaman Blade

Time: End of the last chapter, DUH!

	Tina found the liquids of the Teknopods to be rather hot, but not scolding 
fortunately. As the rest of the tank was filled, she found that she could indeed 
breath in the liquid.  But the impulse to sleep soon became overpowering and her 
eyes closed within a matter of minutes, in the darkness, all she could see was 
darkness and all she could feel was warmth.  

She curled up her knees and hugged them almost impulsively. Covering up, the 
fact that her clothes had dissolved from the substance that the Teknopods were 
made of was good enough reason. The stuff seeped into her body and made 
connection to every part of her body from both inside and out. Like evrywhere 
was being touched, she didn�t like the feeling of it, and thought that it 
wouldn�t get any better. Before she knew anything more, the test had begun.

Soon, every part of her body felt like it was standing in the middle of a warm 
spring day. Until it grew, to that of a small burn, then to a larger one, until 
she felt like her skin was breaking up from the intense heat. She felt like she 
was going to explode from the unending agony of heat that surged through her 
body. 
Just as she felt she was going to die, the heat left and was replaced with a 
pleasant cool. Like jumping into a swimming pool in the middle of summer. Then, 
it began to get cooler, but much faster than the heat. She suddenly felt like 
her entire body was frozen with freezing point ice, then, the pain only 
increased as she felt the temperature go to absolute zero. Struggling to keep 
herself awake, she tried to move herself despire the frozen condition. Gritting 
her teeth, she wanted to scream from the burning cold that seemed to take her 
body apart at the seems. 

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	While back in the real world. While Tina�s process seemed to go on forver with 
no end to the silence that came from her capsule, Ness� was making quite a bit 
of progress. It went through his usual transformation process like all the other 
times, but this time it was different. Every cell in his body was flooded with 
power. Infinate amounts of power flowed through his veins at rate so fast that 
Ness still felt the energy flow though him several hundred times a second, 
whatever time meant in the dark void where he now found himself in after he 
leapt into Pegas. 

	One thing was certain, the darkness that plauged him as he turned into a 
teknoman that appereared at the end of his 30 minute battles, was gone, gone for 
good. He now had noo time limit on his battles, which would also allow him to do 
more than what he dide before.  

	Then, he saw all of his memories fly in front of him like a quick moving 
matinee. From the moment of his birth. To his first day of school with his twin 
brother Cain. His parents, Ulessyes and Angela Carter. Both a devoted parent 
first, then scholars second. Always doing the best they could to make sure their 
family grew up right. 

 The first summer where they went to the beach for the first time. He, Cain, 
Shannon, and even Conrad came. He remembered Conrad. Then, something crept 
across his face that didn�t seem to appear for quite a while, it was called a 
smile. 

He remembered how Conrad had helped him, Cain, and Shannon several times. He 
always had a smile on his face. He was always willing to take time from his 
schedule to help them. The big brother he never wanted to forget. During their 
school years, he remembered Conrad�s seinor prom and he brought Katherine Thomas 
to their home before going back to school. Then his own high school graduation 
came, seeing Conrad helping him into his and Cain�s robes, and went. Then came 
their first years of colledge, where they first started their intrests in the 
Carter family legacy. Exploration. 

Then the mission of the Argos came. He remembered seeing his mother with crying 
eyes, seeing them off. She didn�t want them to leave, but she didn�t want to 
make her children think that she was standing in the way of their dreams. So, 
she stood there, with a sad smile. He greying auburn hair and tears flying in 
the wind. 

Then, they came to Saturn. Then the memories slowed down to let him re-witness 
the horrors that happened there. His family taken from him, one by one. His 
escape to Earth. His meeting the Space Knights, Gunnar, Saber, Pegas, and Shara. 

But there were other faces he saw, a few he didn�t recognize, until the memory 
of Silas Random appeared. He remembered the wrist picture of his family that he 
kept, it focused on his daughter, Emily Random. He remembered how her father 
sacrificed himself for the sake of earth. He saw her grow into a determined 
woman in front of his eyes, then she changed into her own version of a Teknoman. 
Then vanshied. That was one of the people he saw, then another face appeared, 
tapping into memories not his own, he saw another woman. He saw her grow up at 
an incredible pace, then he saw the memory of the man she married. Miles �O 
Rourke. His wife, like Random�s daughter, turning into a Teknoman. <What do they 
have to do with anything?> Ness thought as he saw more faces. A boy, growing up 
into the spitting image of his father. Then he saw the boy standing next to his 
father proudly. �O Rourke�s son? Doing the same thing that the others did, 
turning into teknomen. Finally, an all too familiar face appeared, Balzac Saint 
Jaques. Only it appeared that his face was more remorseful and pain sullen. Like 
the others before him, he too turned into a Teknoman. 

Then, the other three Teknomen appeared beside Balzac and turned their attention 
to him. To his surprise, they all knelt, in an attitude of respect towards him. 
Like he was their leader. More questions appeared, but before he got a chance to 
have them answered, he own Teknoarmor appeared. With the added power, the armor 
was more straight, and more alien like. In addition to the quantum energy 
blasters (QEB�s) on his paudrons, there were simliar ones on his forarms and and 
hips. Increasing his power so greatly, that victory was within his grasp over 
Darkon, Saber and all the other evil teknomen that threatened Earth.  

Then, just as he thought that all this newly found power was going to consume 
him, he found that the hatch on the top of Pegas had opened. He jumped out and 
leaped in front of Pegas, for all to see. His body slightly messy from the 
oozing gel-like substance that once covered his whole person. 

"Hey, everyone! Look who�s back?!" Ringo yelled to the hallway as he saw Slade 
emerge. With that, the rest of the Space Knights came running into the cargo 
bay. While everyone came running as fast as they could, Shannon was walking, a 
bit slower than usual, and Jamison right behind her. 

"Welcome back Ness." Shannon said weakly, smiling at the new and improved 
warrior for Earth�s defense. She knew that everything she could do in what 
little time she had would be worth something. 

"Hey sis. How are things?" he said with what would have been a smile. She 
shrugged and seeing how the conversation between the brother and sister was 
going, the rest of the Space Knights took leave and decided to start the 
congradulation ceremony later. 

As he saw them both talking from the hallway, Jamison re-evaluated his 
situation, and thought. She had given them two teknomen that would greatly 
improve Earth�s standing in the war. He had to do something for her, he turned 
around, still stone-faced, but considering several possibilites all the while. 
Then, something hit him and he realized that he had someone to check up on.  

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Back in the black void where Tina was being tested. Once more, the pain left. 
Unlike the first two trials, this one overloaded her senses with emotions, each 
one taking several hours. 

Happiness seemed abundant, endless joy made her seemed like flying to heaven 
leaving only misery and despair,  all darkness seemed non existant. She wanted 
to touch everyone with the light that seemed to fill her entire being. 

Then, despair set in. She felt so alone. Being alone in a world driven mad by 
war, power, lust, and corruption. Being small, feeling like a bug when compared 
to everyone else. Her youth making her feel like a child in a world filled with 
giant adults.

 Several more feelings were intensified and were felt for several hours. 
Contentment ,pleasure, confidence, hopelessness, helplessness, agressive, 
recessive, and many more. 

Then rage set in.  Her hate seemed burn her into a rage of unquenchable fire. 
She hated Darkon for ruining the lives of the human race. She hated General 
Xerxes Galt for his power hungry attitude. She hated Balzac for his arrogent 
demeanor and predijuice towards Slade. On top of that, she hated evryone of the 
spidercrabs for laying waste to Earth.

 Even her friends weren�t protected from the all consuming fire. She hated Slade 
for his stubborness at being introverted, for almost killing her, and for 
bringing Darkon to Earth in the first place. She hated Jamison for placing her 
in a position where she could do nothing. She hated everyone, and wanted them 
all dead. The fire threatened her to almost break from the chamber and try to 
kill them all, but something held her back. 

She didn�t have the time to think, as she felt her body being stretched to 
positions she never though possible. She felt her limbs almost break from the 
strain being put on her muscles and bones, yet her body was still curled up. The 
same way it was for the past several days. 

Finally; agony came. Lightning streaked over her body, sending uncountable jolts 
of pain throughout every cell. She screamed. With an intensity that would have 
made several screamer rock singers jealous.

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 Everyone turned to hear, yet they couldn�t see. The only ones who stood 
straightfaced, was Jamison and Shannon, waiting for the end of the trial. 
Praying that it would end with her not suffering, either dead or not. Closing 
her eyes, she sent to the mind of the agonizing girl. <Tina. Be strong. You can 
make it. You must. For the sake off all that lives. 
Please.......................>

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