Dragonball Z: Shadows of the Past
Chapter 1: HELL
The punch landed hard on Nappa's jaw. The pureblooded saiyan's eyes glazed over as the wind was knocked out of him. His muscular 230 pound frame fell to the ground with a thud. Nappa's attacker raised their hand and he cowered on the ground, placing his hands over his bald head, all the while writhing in pain.
"You worm! How dare you come that close to me!" the perfect android known as Cell shouted. His green and black armor squeaked when he extended his finger to point, "Don't ever come that close to me again!"
An evil cackle came from another monster's mouth as he tortured the other saiyan being held in their cell, "Your race should have been exterminated long ago," Frieza hissed as his grip around Raditz's throat tightened, " I feel like it is part my fault, letting Goku live when I did. But who would have thought that an inferior monkey would become a super saiyan! But you . . . YOU had the best chance of killing him and you blew it!"
With ease the white and purple tyrant that had traits of a reptile whipped Raditz into the stone wall that lined the rear of the prison. The former saiyan elite grabbed his head in obvious pain but never let out a whimper. Decades in the same jail with the most devious and evil powers in the galaxy caused him to toughen up. They stopped trying to fight back long ago. Day after day he thought to himself that their days would come, that one day he would fight back and they would be sorry. There was a doubt as to why he had ever served Frieza . . . you can only die once in the living world, but in Otherworld Raditz had been killed many times or at least within an inch of his life just because he was of saiyan heritage.
"Hey you guys, quiet in there!" a lower demon working for King Yamma screamed, "Don't make me get Pikon to settle you down like last time!" The thin, blue demon snickered and then continued his rounds.
They all hushed up. Cell was the first to break the silence. He sneered at Frieza and King Cold, Frieza's father. He had loathed his 'roommates' since the day he arrived, but over the years he had come to bear them. Cell wasn't a great friend to the bundle of misfits he lived with, but during his confinement he had come to know more about the tenants in HELL's maximum security prison. Along with Frieza, the buffoons known as the Ginyu force shared a room somewhere else in the facility. From what he heard about them, he knew that they were eager to show off their grace and looks but had no will to improve their skills and power.
Turliss was another inmate hanging out somewhere else. Cell had never seen him, but he learned that the man was a saiyan that looked remarkably like Goku and because of that he hated him immediately. There was talk that he had his own goons, just like Frieza had, and no doubt they were just as incompetent.
Cooler, Frieza's big brother, was also part of the chain gang in HELL. Unlike anybody else down in the bowels of Snake Way, he actually had two chances to destroy Kakarot, but failed both times. During the first encounter, Cooler had powered up into an unheard of Fifth form. His power was unmatched and he out fought Goku at every turn. His failure came when Goku managed to tap his super saiyan powers. Cooler had never seen such an immense increase of power in such short time. He found himself hard pressed to match the limitless power that Goku possessed and was thrown into the Sun. The second time he failed, it was in the heart of the Big Gete Star. He had been floating in space, barely alive, and the sentient machine merged with his organic parts. He became MetaCooler, the most powerful thing in the galaxy, but again he could hardly understand the powers of super saiyans. Vegeta and Goku had teamed up, focusing their power on the Gete Star's absorbers. Unable to take the input, the absorbers failed and began a chain reaction which destroyed the metallic planet. Goku had been victorious yet again.
Along with these superpowers of the underworld, there were a ten times as many cronies and flunkies in the lower security prison cells located elsewhere in the facility. Zarbon, Dodoria, and even Kewie were biding their time just rotting away locked up there. Everybody in HELL pined away for the day when they would get another chance to fight their jailors, Kakarot, and all those that had helped him. They all lived for that day . . .
But with Pikon standing in their way, that day seemed like it would never come. Pikon, the greatest champion of Otherworld, could not and would not be defeated. Once a month he'd come down to train. He'd pick on somebody and then beat the tar out of them. It worked as a great deterrent to keep the prisoners from escaping and to keep them behaving. Tomorrow however, it would be different.
The lesser demon guard walking the beaten path around the small mountain fortress scratched his blue skin. The endless sun and heat in HELL caused his skin to get very dry during the summer. He was thinking of what type of moisturizer to use when a loud ring interrupted his thinking and shook him up, "What! Wha? Huh? Oh . . . my cell phone." The voice on the other line was garbled and nobody but him could make it out. Raditz looked on from behind the bars intently. This sort of thing happened often. It was usually an appointed secretary for the Grand Kai calling to make an appointment for the monthly battle. He hoped that he could skip out on a fight this time around, "Uh huh, yup . . . I got ya. WOW! Really? I can't wait to see this. I'll have to call my friends up! Yeah, uh huh . . . thanks. You too, bye now!" The guard quickly turned around and walked back towards the saiyan's cell.
Upon reaching the barred room, he screamed out who tomorrow's contestant would be, "Raditz, Nappa . . . you two are both going to fight Pikon tomorrow. Get plenty to eat tonight you guys. You know you won't be able to get your mouths open for weeks! HA HA!!!"
Raditz reached his arm out at the demon, trying to strangle the bastard for taunting him, "You just wait little man," the long-haired saiyan breathed," When I get out of here . . . you'll be the first casualty."
"Shut up fool, you couldn't harm a fly with such a low power level. Sit down monkey . . . you're stinking up the place," Frieza teased.
Raditz looked over at Nappa, 'The big guy's bones are already aching from today's beating. I wonder how he'll feel after tomorrow.'
-------------
POWER LEVELS
I created power levels based on length of training (most of these guys have been in HELL for almost 20 years) and on how long they've been in HELL. It should give you a good idea on who would win in a fight.
Raditz: 800,000
Nappa: 1,200,000
Cell: 50,000,000
Frieza (Perfect/form4): 14,000,000
King Cold (Form 2): 16,000,000
Turliss: 3,000,000
Cooler (Perfect/Metaform4): 40,000,000
Zarbon: 120,000
Dodoria: 80,000
Recoome: 112,000
Jeice: 130,000
Burter: 145,000
Guldo: 60,000
Captain Ginyu: 600,000
Chapter 1: HELL
The punch landed hard on Nappa's jaw. The pureblooded saiyan's eyes glazed over as the wind was knocked out of him. His muscular 230 pound frame fell to the ground with a thud. Nappa's attacker raised their hand and he cowered on the ground, placing his hands over his bald head, all the while writhing in pain.
"You worm! How dare you come that close to me!" the perfect android known as Cell shouted. His green and black armor squeaked when he extended his finger to point, "Don't ever come that close to me again!"
An evil cackle came from another monster's mouth as he tortured the other saiyan being held in their cell, "Your race should have been exterminated long ago," Frieza hissed as his grip around Raditz's throat tightened, " I feel like it is part my fault, letting Goku live when I did. But who would have thought that an inferior monkey would become a super saiyan! But you . . . YOU had the best chance of killing him and you blew it!"
With ease the white and purple tyrant that had traits of a reptile whipped Raditz into the stone wall that lined the rear of the prison. The former saiyan elite grabbed his head in obvious pain but never let out a whimper. Decades in the same jail with the most devious and evil powers in the galaxy caused him to toughen up. They stopped trying to fight back long ago. Day after day he thought to himself that their days would come, that one day he would fight back and they would be sorry. There was a doubt as to why he had ever served Frieza . . . you can only die once in the living world, but in Otherworld Raditz had been killed many times or at least within an inch of his life just because he was of saiyan heritage.
"Hey you guys, quiet in there!" a lower demon working for King Yamma screamed, "Don't make me get Pikon to settle you down like last time!" The thin, blue demon snickered and then continued his rounds.
They all hushed up. Cell was the first to break the silence. He sneered at Frieza and King Cold, Frieza's father. He had loathed his 'roommates' since the day he arrived, but over the years he had come to bear them. Cell wasn't a great friend to the bundle of misfits he lived with, but during his confinement he had come to know more about the tenants in HELL's maximum security prison. Along with Frieza, the buffoons known as the Ginyu force shared a room somewhere else in the facility. From what he heard about them, he knew that they were eager to show off their grace and looks but had no will to improve their skills and power.
Turliss was another inmate hanging out somewhere else. Cell had never seen him, but he learned that the man was a saiyan that looked remarkably like Goku and because of that he hated him immediately. There was talk that he had his own goons, just like Frieza had, and no doubt they were just as incompetent.
Cooler, Frieza's big brother, was also part of the chain gang in HELL. Unlike anybody else down in the bowels of Snake Way, he actually had two chances to destroy Kakarot, but failed both times. During the first encounter, Cooler had powered up into an unheard of Fifth form. His power was unmatched and he out fought Goku at every turn. His failure came when Goku managed to tap his super saiyan powers. Cooler had never seen such an immense increase of power in such short time. He found himself hard pressed to match the limitless power that Goku possessed and was thrown into the Sun. The second time he failed, it was in the heart of the Big Gete Star. He had been floating in space, barely alive, and the sentient machine merged with his organic parts. He became MetaCooler, the most powerful thing in the galaxy, but again he could hardly understand the powers of super saiyans. Vegeta and Goku had teamed up, focusing their power on the Gete Star's absorbers. Unable to take the input, the absorbers failed and began a chain reaction which destroyed the metallic planet. Goku had been victorious yet again.
Along with these superpowers of the underworld, there were a ten times as many cronies and flunkies in the lower security prison cells located elsewhere in the facility. Zarbon, Dodoria, and even Kewie were biding their time just rotting away locked up there. Everybody in HELL pined away for the day when they would get another chance to fight their jailors, Kakarot, and all those that had helped him. They all lived for that day . . .
But with Pikon standing in their way, that day seemed like it would never come. Pikon, the greatest champion of Otherworld, could not and would not be defeated. Once a month he'd come down to train. He'd pick on somebody and then beat the tar out of them. It worked as a great deterrent to keep the prisoners from escaping and to keep them behaving. Tomorrow however, it would be different.
The lesser demon guard walking the beaten path around the small mountain fortress scratched his blue skin. The endless sun and heat in HELL caused his skin to get very dry during the summer. He was thinking of what type of moisturizer to use when a loud ring interrupted his thinking and shook him up, "What! Wha? Huh? Oh . . . my cell phone." The voice on the other line was garbled and nobody but him could make it out. Raditz looked on from behind the bars intently. This sort of thing happened often. It was usually an appointed secretary for the Grand Kai calling to make an appointment for the monthly battle. He hoped that he could skip out on a fight this time around, "Uh huh, yup . . . I got ya. WOW! Really? I can't wait to see this. I'll have to call my friends up! Yeah, uh huh . . . thanks. You too, bye now!" The guard quickly turned around and walked back towards the saiyan's cell.
Upon reaching the barred room, he screamed out who tomorrow's contestant would be, "Raditz, Nappa . . . you two are both going to fight Pikon tomorrow. Get plenty to eat tonight you guys. You know you won't be able to get your mouths open for weeks! HA HA!!!"
Raditz reached his arm out at the demon, trying to strangle the bastard for taunting him, "You just wait little man," the long-haired saiyan breathed," When I get out of here . . . you'll be the first casualty."
"Shut up fool, you couldn't harm a fly with such a low power level. Sit down monkey . . . you're stinking up the place," Frieza teased.
Raditz looked over at Nappa, 'The big guy's bones are already aching from today's beating. I wonder how he'll feel after tomorrow.'
-------------
POWER LEVELS
I created power levels based on length of training (most of these guys have been in HELL for almost 20 years) and on how long they've been in HELL. It should give you a good idea on who would win in a fight.
Raditz: 800,000
Nappa: 1,200,000
Cell: 50,000,000
Frieza (Perfect/form4): 14,000,000
King Cold (Form 2): 16,000,000
Turliss: 3,000,000
Cooler (Perfect/Metaform4): 40,000,000
Zarbon: 120,000
Dodoria: 80,000
Recoome: 112,000
Jeice: 130,000
Burter: 145,000
Guldo: 60,000
Captain Ginyu: 600,000