He stood on the edge of infinity, looking out into the deep blackness beyond creation. As would be expected, there was nothing, no heat, yet no cold. No up, down or any other directions. He wasn't even using his eyes to see, but rather was able to feel it. Was this it then? Was he dead? No... it didn't seem real.. was he wounded then? Lying down on the ground even as his blood soaked the cold snow around him? It was an ignoble end to one such as him, one who had fought and struggled for the entire human species. He knew he should have been angry. Rage should have filled him as he contemplated his own death, yet he felt nothing. He had lost in battle, been laid low by a sneak-attack. There was no honour in that, no glory.
Maybe, he was dead after all. Maybe this was Hell. Eternity alone with no emotion, nothing to distract him save for the single thought running through his head.
" I failed."
He sunk to his knees. Apparently not all emotion was gone, for a wave of crippling despair overtook him as he fell. After all the struggling, all the wars and battles, my entire life dedicated to this and I failed.
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Planet Earth. A largely peaceful world, where many people could live happily. This was due to the actions of a few heroic individuals. People, who when evil menaced their way of life, did not back down but stood firm and said: "No." When monsters like Cell, Buu and Frieza threatened Earth, they stood tall in defence of their planet. These people -- the Z Fighters -- had always been the last line of defence for the people of Earth. Always an unbreakable wall. Mostly, this was thanks to the efforts of one man. Son Goku. A heroic warrior, and in many ways founder of the Z Fighters. Though, Goku was gone from this world, his line lived on. Son Gohan, Son Goten, Vegeta, Trunks, Pan and all the others. They were the defenders of Earth now. In the time since the Shadow Dragons were defeated, no real threat to Earth had made an appearance. Yet in true Saiyan style, the Z Fighters continued to train. Their power growing over the years. The oldest surviving Saiyan, Vegeta, was the strongest. Naturally, he burned for a chance to test himself against new enemies, little did he know that his wish was about to be granted. Yet what does one do, when the very power he has trained his entire life to attain, is exactly the thing that will seal his eventual fate?
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Satan City. Named not for the Enemy told of in the Bible, but rather for a fighter and this world's hero. Hercule. The man who history claimed had defeated Cell, as well as doing the majority of the fighting against Majin Buu. It was a bustling city, filled with people. All around it, humans went about their business. Living, loving, eating, existing. They knew not of the massive chamber buried beneath their very city, and even if they had, what would they make of it? Some ancient relic from long ago perhaps a burial grounds for some great king.
Little did they know, that beneath their very feet. Beneath the shining streets of their city, below the ground, there waited machines of superior ability to anything known on Earth.
Deep below their feet, there was a cavern. It could only be called a cavern, for it was a massive hollowed out space, pilers of metal rose impossibly to hold the weight of the roof. Sparks licked up the pilers. Spider-threads of thin metal glittered in the roof . Catching light from the glowing machinery and channelling the sparks. Forming a roof eerily like that of a night sky . There was a thick layer of dust over everything, as if no one had been in that gigantic space for centuries. No movement, no breath or touch of life. Yet, there was movement now. Ancient machines, long stilled ground to life.
In the centre of the great room, there was a small orb. Metal, it was stainless, free of the dust that blanketed all else. It was dull, but now, there was a faint spark of light surrounding it.
Current State: 95% Damaged.
Course of Action: Commence Reactivation. Scan planet for abnormalities.
Scan in: 3...2...1
Systems long since dead powered up with an audible whine, energy raced across the glowing metal wires and through them, was carried farther. Up to the surface, strengthening and being focused as it went. It was a burning red colour, and as it ascended, it grew redder still. Then, with a flash of light pure as the sun itself, burst into the city. People cried out in confusion and pain as their eyes were blinded, they would recover in time but for now it seemed that they must be under some kind of attack. But light was just the tip of the energy unleashed. A wave of power spread through the world, travelling faster than any man or train or plane, it spread. From the tops of the highest mountains to the deepest sea, it searched. It was invisible. Totally impossible for even a single human to know of it's existence. Yet, there were people who did.
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Son Gohan paused for a second, his hand resting on the spine of the book he had been reaching for. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end as he felt... something. He had never seen anything of it's ilk before. It was not Ki energy, yet it registered the same way Ki would have. Then, he felt it again, stronger. Like a solid attack against him, his senses screamed with the overload, the sheer strength of it. He cried out in surprise with a startled yelp and fell, the book tumbling out of his hand as he hit the floor with a groan. What was this thing? He had a bad feeling about this.
" Dad, are you OK?"
He looked around, his daughter, Pan had just entered the room to see him lying on his back.
She had grown much since his own father had left. She was turning into a fine young woman, and even Vegeta had to admit, a worthy warrior. He shook his head, trying to clear it of the lingering sensation and answered as confidently as he could. " I'm fine, just a little surprised by something.
"You don't look fine" Replied Pan with a concerned tone. She gestured and he slowly raised his hand to his nose. It was wet. Wet with blood? He lowered his hand, it was indeed dabbed in the red substance.
Strange. He thought looking at it, I don't like this at all. It was probably nothing, but such strange energy signals didn't just appear from nowhere, and he knew as a fact no human would be producing them. Maybe it's time to get the guys together again. This was a disturbing trend indeed. That energy burst and then this...
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Gohan was not the only thing capable of receiving the alien signal. For just when it seemed that it must wither and die, having used up all it's strength. It returned. Save not from one direction. Three new signals boomed across the Earth. Paler than the first just as easily recognised. The first signal strengthened as if welcoming the others and together, they spread over the entire planet. It took them less than a minute.
Back in the chamber, the sinister intelligence was already reading the results of the signal.
Scan complete.
Number of systems responding : 3
A new civilization has appeared on the surface of planet Z-23.284/92.
Detecting primitive data-link. Connecting in 3...2..1 connected.
Species Tag: ''Humanity''. Species is a sub-FTL civilization with primitive technology advancing rapidly towards space-faring. Power Level: Minimal. Threat Level: 12.
Course of Action: Ignore until it becomes feasible to launch a genocide.
Detected Several none-human life-forms, multiple high-power levels found. Threat Level: Ranging from 11-8 with one registering as 6.
Course of Action: Phase 1: Begin a campaign of surgical strikes. Inflect losses and lower moral. Begin reactivation. Phase 2: Upon 50% Reactivation, launch soldiers tailored to defeat and destroy the targets. 98% chance of success.
Beginning link up with other systems.
Initiating Reactivation.
New enemy detected. Baring north of sector 77/Z. Energy read-out matches that of an Enemy beachhead.
Mobilizing for war.
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AN: This is mostly just an idea I had running around in my head, don't know if I'll continue it, send in reviews if you like it, I'll probably do more.