Elmer Studios presents... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's Episode 110 which means that it's time for another round of Recollections of A Tekkaman! Plus, its served with a short which will reunite us with an old friend. Recollections of a Tekkaman is copyright Brandon Atkinson Teknoman/Tekkaman Blade is copyright Sotsu-Tatsunoko Productions Inc. and Saban entertainment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [The scene - a well furnished apartment, with two couches in an L formation in front of a large cabinet that includes a wide-screen TV and video recorder. The apartment has a few doors to who-knows-where, and a small kitchenette. A coffee table sits in front of the two couches, and a desk, home to a well-equipped PC sits off to one side. There are two Silver Mallies resting on the bench in front of the kitchenette. There is a small, battered artificial Christmas tree next to the computer, looking for all the world like it has been trodden on. Ragged tinsel and streamers adorn the wall.] [Dan, Rebecca and Rick are sitting on the couches, surrounded by miscellaneous junk and wrapping paper. Tsuneo stands by the tree, with presents in hand.] Rick: Anyway, my boss gave me a great present this year. I was renewed for another twelve issues with an option for a Witchblade crossover. Dan: So will it be you or their artist that draws it? Rick: Hopefully neither. Tsuneo: Last ones, guys. Rebecca, here's one from me. [He hands her a well- wrapped box.] Dan, here's one from Rick. [He hands Dan a small box wrapped badly in mis-matching scraps of paper] Rick, here's one from Dan. [He hands Rick a thin parcel in plain brown paper] And I've got one from Rebecca. Thanks! [He sits on the floor, by the coffee table.] Rebecca: [Tears open her present] Oh look, a box of ammo. Tsuneo: In all your favourite calibres. Rebecca: How thoughtful. Rick: You're just so easy to buy for. Rebecca: I'll say. [She places it on two other identical boxes] Dan: Let's see what I've got... [He tears open Rick's parcel] It's... a copy of the Battle Nun Arabella video. That's great, Rick. Rick: Really? I just thought it seemed kinda cheap. Dan: Nah, I'd run out of things to throw at the kids next door. Rick: Well let me see... [He opens Dan's present] It's a signed copy... of the very first comic I wrote. Dan: Yep! Rick: That's the one I gave you last year. Dan: And it's increased in value! Rebecca: Dan, you're so cheap. Dan: Thank you! Rick: Hang on, I've still got one for you, Tsuneo! [Rick hands him a badly- wrapped present that is at least the same colour, if not the same pattern] Tsuneo: Thanks, Rick! [He tears it open] It's the first five issues of Marvel's translation of Akira... complete with bad translation... and horrid sound effects... and gut-wrenchingly ugly Marvel colourisation... [He begins to sob quietly] Rick: You're welcome! Voice: Good morning, guys. Rebecca: Oh hey, it's Xanta Klaus. [Long pause] Voice: What?! Tsuneo: He's probably lost as to whether you just insulted him or not. Dan: So what is it today? Voice: Well, since it's the season, I thought I'd send you something I've been saving for a while. Rebecca: Sounds bad. Voice: Actually, it's the sequel to Koopa's epic "War of the past." Dan: Wow, we should be able to plough through that in about six seconds. Voice: I've served it with the final chapter of "Recollections of a Tekkaman." Rick: Cool! Lame one-dimensional villainy and useless heroes! [Tsuneo sits on the couch] Tsuneo: I suppose not being able to remember what happened in the previous chapter really isn't an impediment. [The TV switches on] > Two Wars that Meet Part 1 > Colt... Come to me... Tsuneo: I'm sorry, but Colt's dead at the moment. But if you'd care to leave a message... > We want you to be well. You must come to me. Come to me colt! Come... Rick: [Spooky voice] All I need is your credit card number! > a person says. "What! Were am I?" Colt asks in a startled fashion. Dan: [Colt] Last thing I remember, I was dead. > "I am Tron. Rebecca: [Tron] Some know me as John Sheridan. > I have been using my telepatic powers to try and bring you out of > the coma you were in. We found you dead on the ship we found. Tsuneo: So dead is just a coma? How far gone do you have to be before they declare you dead? > Our healer made you well again Rick: Damn, what does it take to kill this guy? They slice him, dice him, blow half his brain out, chuck him through uncontrolled re-entry and more. > yet the armor you now wear is unremovable. Looks like you have > recovered nicely. Dan: [Colt] Yeah, I know, happens to me all the time. > Oh yes, your on the planet Calrog. Tsuneo: [Tron] Known in Japan as N. Bison. > I hope you enjoy your stay. > Oh, I need to tell some one you are awake." Tron says. Tron leaves and a person > in a heavy coat walks in. Rebecca: To save money, they're played by the same voice actor. Dan: I'd say nice knowing you, but... we didn't know you at all. > He says. "So you are Colt. A Teknoman as I've heard. > I'm one of the commanders for the army of this planet and we think you can be a > great help to us to bring down the veminoids." Rick: Can we assume by this that this planet is under attack? Tsuneo: I think we're going to have to do a lot of assuming. > "Them? Are you mad. They will put > you through a prosses worse than death." Colt says sharply. Dan: [Man] That's why we're fighting them... I think. > "We know what they do. They take over planets and turn the people into Teknomen. Rick: [Raises hand] Excuse me Mr. Exposition, but how did you find all this out? Rebecca: He read spoiler pages on the net. > We want them dead and we have the power to do it. Tsuneo: ...wow. Dan: So these guys know everything about the Venomoids, know how to beat them *and* can bring people who have been drifting in space for years back to life? Rick: So what do they need Colt for? Rebecca: Target practice? > We think we have found the way to make our own > Teknomen. You can be of help to us in finishing the project." The person says. > "No way will I help bring another Teknoman into this world! I have my own score > to settle with the veminoids and it's something I have to do alone. Dan: [Colt] Okay, so last time I tried that, they killed me for it, but what the hell. > Do I have the power to leave the planet?" Colt says. Dan: Yes! Rebecca: No! Tsuneo: Maybe? Rick: Depends on which chapter you read. > The person says yes that if he heads > for the elevators of the building he can go to the roof and fly off there. Rick: [Man] Fine, leave us then. This is all the thanks we get for bringing you back to life. > As Colt leaves the person takes a phone of his coat and calls some one. Dan: [Man] Martha, I'm going to be "working late" tonight. > He say into it "Capture him with the Bomber suits." Rick: So you let him go free, then tell someone to capture him? All: Rrrright. > As Colt reaches the top of the building > a rope suddenly shots at him and raps around him. Rebecca: [Colt] Why isn't anyone glad to see me? > Colt breaks the rope off as a > person in an armored suit flies up to the roof. "Who the heck are you?" Colt > asks. "Sage is my name All: Hi Sage. > and your days are done for." Dan: I'm guessing he's the villain of the piece. > Sage says as he aims his arm > at Colt and laser blasts fire out at him. Colt reflects it with his arms and > then brings out his Teknolance. He lunges at Sage but Sage flies over him and > land were he was once standing. Colt turns around and brings out his Teknobolt. > The blast fires at Sage. Rebecca: This is a remarkably detailed fight scene for Koopa. > Sage trys to dodge out of the way but he gets hit on > the side and falls to the ground. All: Bye sage. Rebecca: So how come Tron, the five-second introduction guy and Sage, the ten- second opponent get names, but Mr Exposition, who occupied the bulk of this fic didn't? > "Sorry to do that to you but I have a mission > to accomplish." Colt says as he flies of and off the planet. To be continued... Rick: What is Colt's mission? Where is he going? What wll he find there? And, most importantly, who cares? > Recollections of a Tekkaman Tsuneo: Great. From one inept Tekkaman to another one. Rick: If Colt and Shard fought, who would win? Dan: Shrapnel. > Copyrights: > -Teknoman / Tekkaman-Blade and related characters are property of > Sotsu-Tatsunoko Productions Inc. / Saban Entertainment. > -The Character "Tekkaman Shard" was created by me (Teknos Shard) and is not to > be confused with "Teknoman Shard" which was created by Leizel Ann. They are > totally different characters! Rebecca: Remember, never get your Shards confused. > "Teknoman Blaze" and "Tekkaman Shrapnel" are also my creations. Dan: Isn't it a bit late to be copyrighting Blaze? She is kinda dead. Rebecca: Bulk copy and paste. Rick: Besides which, if Colt's anything to go on, she'll be coming back soon. > -"Teknoman IceBlade" is the property of IceBlade. > ________________________________________________________________________ > I have decided to use terms from both Tekkaman-Blade 2 (I have not seen the > original Tekkaman Blade series) and Teknoman. > For example: > Teknoman = Regular ordinary armored Form > Tekkaman = More powerful form of A Teknoman. Tsuneo: I'd love to know the logic behind this. Rebecca: It's so he has some way of making Shard the most powerful character of the whole cast. Tsuneo: Well, he's doing a *great* job so far. > Note: Tekkaman status can ONLY be reached when a Teknoman uses another > Teknoman's transformation crystal in conjunction with his/her own. Dan: And even then, they need to get the power-up potion from the old man who lives behind the waterfall. > Blastor = Ultimate (almost god-like) State All: I'm huge! > - Highest level a Teknoman can > possibly reach. Though, there is currently no knowledge of anyone who's been > able to or have tried to achieve this state. All: Setup! > ________________________________________________________________________ > Recollections of a Tekkaman > By Brandon Atkinson > Chapter 5 - To The Death: Shrapnel vs Shard Rick: This is it folks, the battle you've all been waiting for! The stupid versus the inept! > Sparks showered the ground as blades clashed, Shard with his crystal sword and > Shrapnel with his ice lance. Rebecca: He's got a lance that melts in hot, dry weather. Great going there. > They grappled, then jumped back, and charged again > and repeated for a bit. Dan: Then they broke for a rest hold. > Shard jumped away again, but this time he blasted off > into the air in a streak of light. Shrapnel did the same. Tsuneo: Wow. I believe that this is just like *every* Blade/Sabre fight in the series, except without the depth of character, excitement, or flashy special effects. > They began to attack > each other in mid-air, both streaks of light moving in tight arcs and conecting > with one another in a sortof figure-eight pattern. All: Ooooh... Ahhh... > Shadow watched the battle while trying to heal IceBlade who was suffering from > injuries recieved during his battle with Shrapnel's goons and in battle with > Shrapnel himself. Rebecca: Say, Shadow, do you do anything *besides* heal IceBlade? Tsuneo: Some days he stands around and exposits. > Shadow worked as hard as he could casting healing spell after > healing spell, trying to save the brave warrior, but to no avail, IceBlade's > body refused to respond to the spell's effects. Dan: Only one thing to do now. Get the jumper cords! Rick: This wouldn't happen to Colt. If Colt was lying dead on the ground with half his brain hanging out, you could give him an asprin and he'd be good as new. Rebecca: Colt rocks. > IceBlade was dying. Rick: For some reason, I think I'm meant to be sad about this. Tsuneo: On the upside, he was getting out of the fic. > Despite > this, Shadow continued his efforts. He refused to let this brave warrior perish. > He then felt several prescences near him. Rick [Shadow]: By the pricking of my thumbs, something stupid this way comes. > Shadow looked up and standing before > him were several Teknomen. One of the Teknomen, silver-grey in color, spoke to > him. > "You need some help Shadow?" He asked. > "Yeah." Replied Shadow. > "Well then, lets get to work." He said. > The Teknoman called over the rest of the group and they got to work on IceBlade. Tsuneo: So *all* these guys have healing spells? Aren't we being a little silly now? Rick: Pliers? Dan: Pliers. Rick: Chainsaw? Dan: Chainsaw. Rick: Rubber duck? Dan: Rubber duck. Rick: Well, we've done all we can. It's time to let nature take it's course. > Meanwhile up above, the battle raged on. Shrapnel tried to stab Shard with the > end of his lance, and missed. Shard then threw a punch at Shrapnel's face, it > connected and Shrapnel was sent reeling back a fair distance. Dan: Youch. What'd he hit him with, a truck? > Shrapnel regained his composure and chanted something. > "I summon the tiny spirits of invisibility. Let my form become your form..." Tsuneo: Tiny spirits? What is he on? Rebecca: So Shrapnel's into the silly spell casting too? Great. Rick: Sooner or later, someone's going to ripple off a Dragon Slave. > He quickly faded from view, and moved closely behind Shard. He reappeared and > clasped his hands together to form a ball and raised them high above his head. > He then smashed it into the back of Shard's head. Tsuneo: I have the opponent at my mercy. I am behind him and he has no way of seeing me. I will *not* waste this opportunity with a puny blow to the head. Rebecca: You're forgetting one thing. Shrapnel's an idiot. Rick: He really needs a fluffy white cat. Dan [Shrapnel]: Hello everyone. My name is Shrapnel, and I'm a Master Villain. Others: Hi, Shrapnel. > "WHA-!" Shard exclaimed. > *SMASH!* > The massive force of the blow sent Shard smashing into the ground causing > another small smoke billowing crater. Rick: Total Dog's Breakfast there on entry. The judges aren't going to be too nice to that one. > "ARGH Shit! I forgot he could do that." Shard thought as he hit the ground. Tsuneo: Well, given that you've never actually *seen* him do it before... Rebecca: Don't you remember? He's got all of Blazes' memories. Dan [Shard]: A guy could grow to like some of these. Bow chicka wow wow. > When the smoke cleared, Shrapnel was hovering in the air, looking down at his > foe. Rick [Shrapnel]: What a bunch of total wusses you guys are! > All that was visible of Shard was part of his torso, head, and his left arm. The > rest of him was stuck in the ground. [They all applaud lightly] Rick: Well done, Shard! You've managed to make an even bigger idiot of yourself then ever before. We didn't think it was possible. > "Well well well. It seems that you've lost Shard. Dan: I wish we could loose Shard too. > I will destroy you like I did > all the others who have fought against me... and lost. Heh heh heh." Shrapnel > said Tsuneo: Never proclaim your invincibility. You usually die shortly afterwards. > He then charged up his Voltekker, and fired it at Shard. > "I don't think so pal." Shard thought. > Shard cast a protection spell and braced himself for the onslaught of enrgy. The > blast hit and fully engulfed him. After a few seconds of withstanding the > torrent of energy, Tsuneo: I'm guessing this was one of Blaze's abilities that he picked up, right? Rebecca: Most likely. Tsuneo: Which means that Blaze could nearly instantly cast a spell that would have shrugged off a Voltekka, right? Rebecca: Yep. Tsuneo: So, and this is going to sound stupid, why didn't she use it when Shrapnel blasted her back in chapter one? Rebecca: So she could die and set up the plot. Tsuneo: I see. [Pause] That makes no sense, really. Rebecca: Got that right. > the spell was beginning to disperse, it was then that Shard > made his move. > Shard blasted up out of the sphere of energy and smashed his fist into > Shrapnel's face, sending him flying. Rick: Noodles? Try my fist! Tsuneo: Remind me, Rick, who was it who let you watch all those Hong Kong films? Rick: You, remember? Tsuneo: I'm beginning to regret it. > Shard then went on the offensive and hit > the Dark Warrior before he hit the ground. Dan: That's really hard to do. First you've got to hit him with the Hyper Uppercut, then it's a quater circle plus the strong and weak punch buttons while he's still in the air to unleash the full ass-whupping. > He started to unload upon Shrapnel, > putting all his rage and anger into his attacks, Dan [Shard]: RAGE! > making them even more powerful. > Shrapnel couldn't even get time to gather enough strength to defend himself > against his fully enraged enemy. Rebecca: Hey look... He's got a little berserk switch on the back of his head. Rick [Shard, angry]: Calm blue ocean... Calm blue ocean... Calm Blue Ocean... CALM BLUE OCEAN! > Shard ended his attack with another uppercut, Dan: You don't think he's one of those famously cheap characters with an infinite uppercut combo, do you? Rick: Heaven help us if he is. > which sent Shrapnel soaring through the air and hitting the ground hard 50 > meters away. Rebecca: That's some right he's got there. > *** > Meanwhile, the Teknomen had managed to stabilize IceBlade, Rebecca: They installed a new set of flaps and repositioned the canards. > and had now gone to work on his injuries. Rick [Tekkaman]: Oh! So *that's* what a spleen looks like. > While they did this, Shadow allowed himself a glance at the battle nearby. Dan [Shadow]: This is boring. Let's see what's on the other channel. > "You GO Shard! Kick his ass!" he thought. His thought was interrupted as his > attention was turned elsewhere. Tsuneo [IceBlade]: Hey, if you don't mind I'm *dying* down here! > "Hey Shadow, can you give me some help with this chest wound?" Rebecca: Is that a sucking chest wound? > One of the female teknomen asked. Dan [Shadow]: No, that chest looks good to me. Very good, in fact. Rebecca [Tekkaman]: His chest, not mine. > Shadow then got back to work. Tsuneo: Actually, he just wiggled his mouse around a bit and randomly opened a few documents to make it look like work. > *** > Shrapnel struggled to get up off of the ground. His armor was riddled with > cracks. Dan [Shadow]: In retrospect, maybe masonite armour wasn't the best choice. > "Shard! You will pay dearly for this, I swear it!" Shrapnel stated angrily. Tsuneo: Okay, he's declared invincibility *and* sworn vengeance. How much longer do you think he has? Rick: Three Page Downs tops. > Shrapnel then began to gather energy in his hands. Rebecca: Let's see how I can be humiliated with this one. > "This is my strongest spell attack, I hope you find it excruciatingly painful > heh heh heh." Shrapnel thought evilly. Rick [Shrapnel]: Hear me, oh lord of primal darkness, thou who is darker than darkest twilight, thou who is crimson beyond blood... Tsuneo: I thought we agreed no more Dragon Slave jokes. Rick: That wasn't what I was doing. I was actually summoning Manos. > When he had gathered all the energy he could, Dan: He built a few more Advanced Power Plants just to be sure. > he shot it toward his enemy. Shard > saw it comming and braced himself, his shoulder pods opened up and the 4 discs > in each pod began to glow a dull green. Rebecca: He's... countering the big ass blast with his own Voltekka? Tsuneo: Why not? It works in Street Fighter. Dan: But only if the blocker is using a higher super combo level, or the SNK groove. > Shrapnel's spell attack fizzled out as it's energy was absorbed by these discs. > "What?!" Shrapnel exclaimed. Tsuneo: Uhh... yeah. I'm with him. What the heck is going on here? Rebecca: He's contriving amazing new powers! Rick: Wow... If we assume he got all these powers from Blaze, that means she must have been ludicrously powerful. And she still got glooped in the first chapter. Dan: But that was before Shrapnel declared his invincibility. > Now Shard began to gather energy of his own, combining it with Shrapnel's > energy, the discs in his shoulder pods changed color from the dull green to a > blazing white. He then quickly chanted an attack spell, combining its > destructive energy with that of what he had already gathered. Tsuneo: So... He's somehow gained the ability to absorb attacks from others and turn them against them, right? Rebecca: Got that right. Tsuneo: So... he could just stand around absorbing attacks all day and blasting his opponents silly, right? Rebecca: Right. Tsuneo: So... He's unbeatable, right? Rebecca: Right. Tsuneo: This is a true success story. From inept cartographer to God- Powerful Tekkaman in five short chapters. Dan: Just wait til he hits Blastor stage. > Shard then released all this energy as one huge blast! > "TAKE THIS! ULTRA VOLTEKKA!" Shard shouted. Rebecca: Koo koo nutty funkyfresh gravity magic attack! > Upon hearing him yell that attackname, everyone, even IceBlade who had just now > regained consiousness, Tsuneo: Oh *now* he comes around. Dan: What, you didn't think that IceBlade could actually contribute or anything like that? Tsuneo: Good point. > quickly turned to look as Shard unleashed the amount of > built up energy toward his enemy. Dan: So much for this planet. > The huge ball of pulsating energy came at > Shrapnel so quickly that he couldn't even dodge it. It slammed into him like a > butterfly getting hit by a mack truck! Rebecca: That's some metaphor you got there. Dan [Shrapnel]: Oooh, I've wasted my life. > "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!" Shrapnel screamed as the massive blast of energy > smashed into him. Rick: Two and a bit Page Downs. I win. > *K-A-B-O-O-M-!* > The mushroom cloud-like explosion was so huge that everyone in the area was > momentarily blinded from the intense light it caused. Tsuneo: You beat the boss and saved the world, but you're going to need corrective glasses for the rest of your life. Sucks, doesn't it? > When everyone regained > their sight, they noticed that it was expanding - right towards them! Tsuneo: Amazing. Even when he wins a fight, our boy still manages to stuff things up. Rebecca: In retrospect, blowing up his GPS seems to be the smallest goof-up yet. > "Holy Shit!" Everyone but Shard thought at the sametime. Rebecca: I hear that Synchronised Swearing is going to be a demonstration sport at the 2004 Olympics. Rick: Can we see Roy and HG call that? > Shard saw this and quickly made some motions with his hands, said a short chant > and all the Teknomen dissappeared. Dan [Shard]: Scotty, beam them up! > Shard then did the same for himself, only > milliseconds before the ground on which he had been standing was destroyed by > the expanding cloud of doom. Rick: Cloud of doom... Isn't that a spell in D&D? > *** > Inside the cave, the air shimmered slightly as 9 Teknomen and right behind them, > 1 Tekkaman suddenly appeared. Rick: As well as an inside-out Pig-Lizard. > "What the fuck happened?!?" The silver-grey Teknoman exclaimed. Dan: Stuff. > Before Shard could answer, a weak voice said: Tsuneo [IceBlade, pained]: Could you please stop sitting on my chest? > "It was a teleportation spell." > Everyone turned towards where IceBlade, now in human form, lay. Rick: Um, IceBlade? You might want to put something on. > "Blaze was going to teach it to me one day." He said, then broke into a coughing > fit. Dan [IceBlade, whiny]: Blaze, will ya teach me the Teleport spell? Rebecca [Blaze]: For the umpteenth time, no! Dan [IceBlade, whiny]: Please? Next time I'm getting the stuffing kicked out of me, I'll use it to run away with. Then you won't have to waste healing spells on me. Rebecca [Blaze]: Well... okay then. > Shard turned towards the entrance. The light of the explosion had died down. > "I'm going back to look around." He stated. "Shadow, you're with me." > "Right." He responded. Tsuneo: Any reason why the more experienced warrior is deferring to one who's only just fought his first battle? Rebecca: Look out the door of the cave and ask me that again. > They then left the cave. The others got back to tending to IceBlade's injuries. Rick: Well, now that the excitement's all over, let's get back to Mr Carcass here. > *** > Smoke was still billowing out of the huge crater left by the Ultra Voltekka, Tsuneo: You know, I sure hope there was no one down there. Rebecca: At least no one we know or care about. > as Shard and Shadow flew into the area. > They landed to examine the crater's edge. Rick: I could be mistaken, but this does appear to be an enormous blast crater. > Shadow whistled as he surveyed the damage. "I think you over did it a bit." He > commented. Dan: [Shard] Do you reckon it killed him? Tsuneo: [Shadow] Naw, just slowed him down a bit. > "It was the only way. He had to be stopped or he would have killed us all." > Shard responded. Rebecca: What, IceBlade the amazing casualty man; Shadow, the miscellaneous run-in man and seven other Teknomen with no names, descriptions or personalities? Tsuneo: Let him. > Shard looked down into the crater. He noted it went pretty deep. > "Stay here and keep an eye out for anything, I'm going in." Shard said to > Shadow. > "Okay, be careful Shard." Shadow said. Dan: [Shadow] Mutter, grumble, just because *he* got Blaze's crystal and *he* beat up the bad guy means *I* have to do all his bitch work. > Shard activated his thrusters, and began to descend into the depths...searching > for any sign of Shrapnel. Rebecca: Or anyone else you might have accidentally vaporised. > When Shard reached the bottom, he still hadn't found anything except scorched > earth. He looked up at the top, he guessed that he was about 800 feet below > ground. Rick: How'd he figure that? Tsuneo: It's how far his opponents usually end up under ground hwen he his them with a combined attack spell/ultra Voltekka. Rick: It must happen more often than you'd think. > Shard did a search of the bottom but still didnt find anything. Dan: Didn't you just say that? Rebecca: Yes, but he needed to say that he didn't find anything. Tsuneo: So ten years after the cataclysm, he didn't find a thing. Rick: Yes, he didn't find a thing when everyone's lives changed. Dan: OK, I think you guys have buried that joke. > Then he flew > back out of the crater and then he and Shadow returned to the cave to report > their results. All: No one could have survived that! > *** > Shortly after Shard and Shadow left the area, down in the bottom of the crater, > the ground was disturbed as something broke through from underneath the surface. Dan: So shrapnel's standing on the ground, gets hit dead center, and somehow buried under the crater formed by the blast he was at the center of? Rebecca: Not to mention that the gorund's completely undisturbed and there's no sign of his burial. > It was a hand. It looked a bit scorched, and it was twitching slightly. All: Lame! Lame! > The end > Author's Comment: > WHY WONT THIS GUY JUST DIE!?! Rick: He's an X-Man? > The answer is, I'm not finished with him yet. >:-) Rick: Well, that's good enough too. Rebecca: Look forward to "Recollections of a Tekkaman II: The Secret of the Teknopods" in which Shrapnel comes back to life, achieves Blastor state then gets blown up by Shard... again! > Some Background info of how this story came to be, and plans for future works: > The reason why i had originally started writing this story in the first place > (Jan 1999) was because a couple of friends wanted me to do a story, Dan: Brandon, write a fic or I'll kick you in the nads. > since they > were doing some also. I had decided that i would try my hand at writing a > Teknoman/Tekkaman fanfic. After 1 total plot rewrite and a few revisions, Tsuneo: I dread the thought of what it looked like *before* that. > this > version of the story is the result. It took me 1 year to get it to the state > where I was satisfied with it and thought it was suitable for others to read. Dan: This is a years effort? Rick: In comic book terms, it's a reasonable amount of work. > I > will be writing a few more stories about Tekkaman Shard. Look for The Evil > Tekkaman Shrapnel to return in the 3rd story titled "The Return." Rick: Well there's a title that doesn't mess around. > What I hope to write next is a crossover with The Guyver, which the events in it > will shortly follow the events in this story. I will be assuming that the events > that take place in Guyver episodes 7-12 don't happen, because I have yet to see > those episodes (I will someday :-). The story will be titled "The Hunt." Tsuneo: And after seeing the amazing fight scene between those Tekkamen and Zoanoids, I'm sure that it'll feature really intense battles. Dan: What if they unleash the unholy power of Enzyme? Tsuneo [Sarcastic]: Of course. Nothing can beat Enzyme. > Special Thanks go to: > UPN & Fox 29 WUTV Buffalo - For showing Teknoman in the first place (then taking > it off so quickly, but I won't go into that right now....). Dan: Ummm.. Should you be thanking them or not then? > Urban Vision - For translating and releasing Tekkaman-Blade 2. Rick: Tekkaman Blade 2 with Fan Service Action! > Teknos Warhammer - If I hadn't read your fic's first I would have never even > formed any ideas for my own fic. Tsuneo: Thanks a heap. > Leizel Ann - For giving me some advice early on about how to write one of these > things... and for posting the fic on your site. > Tyara Chao - For helping me with Shard's description (The drawing you did helped > alot. Thanks ^_^) > Tekno - For helping me with Blaze's death scene and some of the fight scenes Tsuneo: The thanks list is longer than the chapter itself. > Guyver C - For helping with the other character descriptions Dan: A few other guys for ensuring I didn't have to do any work myself. > Carter P. (IceBlade), Matt D. (The Gemmaknight) - For being the first one's to > ever read this story, helping with ideas when I ran out and for pointing out any > errors that I had made. Rebecca: Keep at it, guys. > And last but not least, The readers for taking the time to read this story to > the end. Dan: And Capcom all staff. > Anyway, that's enough of my rambling.... > Oh yeah, before I go, I ask you to please email me at autobot_city@hotmail.com > with your opinions of what you thought of this chapter, and of the whole story > sofar...also any ideas for future Teknofics are greatly welcomed as well. Rick: Ohh, ooh! I got one! Shrapnel teams up with Dr Evil to take over the world by beaming mind control rays down from the moon! And then they capture Shard, explain all their plans to him in great detail then leave him to escape! After that, Shard fights Shrapnel and finishes him off by giving him a wedgie and throwing him into the piranha tank. The whole base blows up and Shrapnel swears vengeance. What do you think? > Thanks. > Until next time, TEKNOPOWER! [The TV switches off] Dan: Good ol' reliable Shrapnel. Entertaining to the last. Tsuneo: Don't forget, um, whatsisname. Dan: Whatsisname? Tsuneo: You know. Our Hero. Dan: Yeah, him. Voice: Don't you forget your reviews. Tsuneo: I was amazed by the incredibly shallow characters. I mean, take Brandon/ Shard for example. He just, well, does tuff. there's no motivation behind him. We only have to assume that he's a good person, since with all the personality he displayed, for all we know he could be the epitome of evil amongst inept cartographers. And don't get me started on Shrapnel... Dan: What I really want to know is why he put in all the funky and stupid powers. I mean, they're Teknomen for crying out loud. They can dice through tank battalions like they're not there, and can soak a hit from a nuke! Okay, so they're fighting other Teknomen, but that's still no excuse for pulling out spell-casting and mind-shields. And you know what was worse? *Everyone* did it, like we're meant to assume that spell-casting is a perfectly normal part of post- cataclysm society. Rebecca: I was *really* impressed by Our Hero. He was written as being totally inept yet possessing of god-like power. That takes a lot of effort. In the first chapter he spent all his time stumbling around, nearly drowning and blowing up his GPS. In this one, he's dealing out mass destruction and easily defeating the final Boss monster, while still managing to goof up all the time. Had he been written for comedic effect, it would have been good. However, in a serious fic, the effect is somewhat ruined. Rick: Shrapnel rocked. I just wanted to say that. He's almost as cool as Colt. Tsuneo: And wait a sec... Why was it called "Recollections" if it was presented in a straight-up format? I mean, no memory or flashback scenes? Dan: Because "Shrapnel acts dumb and gets beat up" isn't a good title. Rick: Anyway, I've got to go. I'm yet to survive a Christmas sober. Care to join me? Tsuneo: Sounds fun. [Rick and Tsuneo gather their presents and depart. Rebecca gets up to go] Rebecca: And he forgot to open my present. Dan: Was it anything worthwhile? Rebecca: Nope. Dan: Before you go... [Dan hands Rebecca a well-wrapped box with a gold ribbon] I got the guys at the store to wrap it for me. Rebecca: That's a little more information than I needed to know. [She tears it open] Look at that, it's a set of scanty black lingerie. Dan: I reckon it could be fun. [Rebecca glares at him. The screen goes blank] Rebecca: You're right, Dan... You try it on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Riffed by: Rick R. Mortis (rickr@elmerstudios.com) & Jinas (jinas@elmerstudios.com) Dan and Tsuneo Tateo are copyright 1999-2000 Max Fauth (Jinas) Rebecca Bartley and Rick R. Mortis are copyright 1999-2000 Alex Fauth (Rick R. Mortis). Elmer Studios!: http://www.elmerstudios.com All of Elmer Studios' MSTings, artwork, character profiles, and the Satellite of Rednecks in one spot. Rick's Mecha Madness Page: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Realm/7194/index.htm Fighters Anthology .lib and mission files, utterly disturbing Nova Satori shrine, the AntiKevs and Fanfic Carp, all in one big steaming pile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "WHA-!" Shard exclaimed. > *SMASH!*