Planet Sadal Arc (Intro Song: "Cha-La Head Cha-La")
Episode #1: "Unlikely new Visitors – Friends or Foes?"
"Come on lazybones, we won't reach the festival any sooner if you don't move your butts!" Quash yelled as she glared back at her three friends who each gave her the stink-eye,
"Give us a break, will ya?" Colrab scratched the back of his messy black haired head lazily, "Kalabash sensei had us run in circles around the dojo for an hour, and we're so tired, you want us to move faster?"
"And it's not like YOU can understand Quash," Yamoshi joined in, "The one thing you did was stand in the corner all day and practice your Desdo Cannon on a wooden dummy,"
"Not that I like taking Quash' side on this, but it's your own fault boys," Selrie walked past them as she and Quash leaped over a small boulder, "If you both hadn't been so lazy in your daily chores, maybe sensei would've been softer on both of you,"
The two boys' eyes twitched in response at being called 'soft' as they jumped after the girls. Their eyes widened as they took in the sight before them,
A few miles below them across the market district, there it was;
"The Ardos Festival!" all four teenagers awed in unison,
"Screw this, I'm flying my way in," and with that, Yamoshi took off towards the festival followed shortly by Colrab while both Selrie and Quash were left dumbstruck,
"Hey! Come back down here! You both don't have your flying licenses yet!" she yelled at them but the ignored her,
"You'll both get in trouble!" Selrie yelled,
"Ladies come on, don't get your panties in a bunch," Colrab flew around in circles above them, "Out here in the wastelands far away from the main city, no one can see us and even if we do go down, we'll go down together. Come on now or we'll be late," and with that he boost dashed away. Selrie and Quash looked at each other hesitantly before they decided to follow Colrab's suit.
Colrab was a young fourteen year old hybrid Saiyan that lived on Planet Sadal with his Saiyan father and grew up playing with his three best friends; Yamoshi, Selrie and Quash and occasional encounters with another more silent and much reserved and serious Saiyan boy who they used to meet while training with Kalabash – whose name he still didn't know. Colrab had messy black spiky hair, softer black eyes than the average Saiyan and a light brown Saiyan tail that he had wrapped around his waist. He wore typical savage clothing which consisted of a bottle-green tank top made of cotton, a dark blue and white trimmed armour belt around his waist securing his matching bottle-green pants, long grey wrist bands that ended right over his forearms and dark blue and orange Saiyan battle boots with grey shin guards.
His own origins and history were unknown to him, but he was told by his father once that his other half was Dragon which he inherited from his mother. Maybe that was the reason to his occasional explosive power boosts in battles…
Yamoshi was a slightly older young pure-blooded Saiyan around fifteen years that had been orphaned since the age of three. He was still oblivious to the history of his parents or close kin and all he knew was that his parents were both elites in the Saiyan Army who were brutally killed on a mission against the Frost Demons. After getting no news from them for a few weeks, he was left on the streets and was later picked up by a poor Saiyan couple who couldn't conceive children of their own and decided to take care of him and love him as their own.
The first ever friend he had was a mysterious Saiyan boy by the name of Aikon who he had met one day in the market while scavenging for food and who ended up buying him a few egg rolls. Since that day, they have been good friends and train together at Kalabash' with three other children; Colrab, Selrie and Quash who became his friends as well.
Yamoshi had spiky black hair that stood erect behind the back and top of his head with a broad forehead, sharp black eyes and a light brown tail wrapped around his waist, and he too wore typical savage clothing similar to Colrab, only that they were dark turquoise with dark blue battle gloves and matching battle boots.
Quash acted like the older sister of their group - even though she was no older than her friends in reality. She lived a middle-class life with her cousin Selrie and her mother Callio who was a general in the Saiyan Army, and her father being a Saiyan soldier; killed in action a few months before she was born. She was a pure-blooded fourteen year old girl who had a high temper – usually triggered by others' stupidity, laziness and recklessness.
At the moment, she was the strongest one in their group of four but she nonetheless longed to challenge the other mysterious boy's strength who trains with them in the dojo. Her best friend was her cousin Selrie and even though she didn't really call Yamoshi and Colrab as her friends; she still cared for them deeply – especially Colrab.
She had long and spiky black hair reaching her waist that she kept in a ponytail behind her head, sharp slanted black eyes and a dark brown tail wrapped around her waist. She wore similar savage clothing like everyone else, only red in color, dark blue and white wrist bands and matching dark blue, white and dark orange tipped boots.
Selrie was much different than the others – gentler than the typical Saiyan warrior but still a fierce and strong willed fighter ready to protect those she held close. Her Saiyan mother had died in childbirth giving birth to her and her father had gone on a mission once on his own and hadn't returned – in the meantime, she was put in care with her maternal aunt Callio with whom she's been living for around ten years along with her cousin and best friend Quash. Selrie was a thirteen year old pure-blooded Saiyan girl and the youngest of their little friend's group.
Unlike her friends, she didn't care much about competing to be the strongest – but rather trained hard to be the best of her. She too trained under the Saiyan fighting legend and past war hero Kalabash at his dojo with Quash, Colrab and Yamoshi along with the 'silent boy' whose name she didn't know yet but longed to know more about.
She had medium length slightly spiky black hair that ended just below her shoulders and stood up slightly from the front, a pale complexion and slanted large black eyes with long lashes and a light brown tail wrapped around her waist. She wore similar savage clothing like everyone else, only light brown with matching open finger gloves tied with a white string around her wrists and matching dark blue and orange tipped battle boots.
"Hellooo..? Sadal to Selrie," Quash prodded her cousin while giving her a quizzical sideward glance as they both flew towards the Ardos Festival, "You lost somewhere?"
The girl shook her head as she looked ahead, deep in thought,
"I was just... thinking about something..."
"Something? Or someone, eh?" Colrab hung back as he gave her a teasing smile and a coy wink that made Quash hold back a laugh, Yamoshi chuckle and Selrie blush uncontrollably,
"N-no! It's nothing like that... shut up!" Selrie snapped as she gave him a light shove in response,
"Speaking of someone," Quash continued, "Hey Yam, d'ya think your pal Aikon will be there? I've been itching for a battle with him; see what he's got,"
This caught Selrie's attention and a slight sliver of hope as they all turned to Yamoshi, who simply shrugged,
"How should I know? He doesn't talk much," Yamoshi replied, "He just comes to train and then... disappears as if he wasn't even there,"
"I don't know about you, but I think this Aikon guy is shady," Colrab suggested, "Think about it; nobody really knows much about him or where he's from and what's more is that he doesn't talk to any of us much either – not even Kalabash sensei. He's definitely hiding something that's for sure,"
"Damn straight," Quash agreed, "Maybe he's some sort of inter-species spy from the other worlds trying to weed out info from us,"
"Here to steal all our secrets and kill the king and queen,"
"Nah, I don't think so," Yamoshi shook his head, "I've known Aikon for a really long time and what I've come to gather is that whoever – or whatever he is, he's a good person who values and cherishes life. And besides," he blinked at Colrab, "He's just a kid like us, how can he pull a spy job and try to kill the king and queen? What are you, stupid..?"
"H-hey! I said it was probably a possibility, no need to get rough," Colrab held his hands up in response, "Anyways, we're here,"
The four teenagers silently dropped to a jog as they approached the festival which was just starting in full swing as they saw people going in with soldiers of the army checking them up and patrolling the grounds in their black and dark blue battle suits. The Ardos Festival was a grand worldwide celebration marked in memory of an ancient Super Saiyan God by the name of Ardos who had saved Planet Sadal many thousands of years ago from a Frost Demon invasion. Because of him, the Saiyan race survived and probably this is from where they developed their love for fighting and a sense of belonging to a natural unified warrior race.
"Hey! Where do you think you four are going?" a friendly voice caught their attention as a young twenty one year old Saiyan elite soldier with spiky black hair, sharp black eyes, a cross-shaped scar on their left cheek and a black and blue centred battle suit with one shoulder pad, silver edging and dark blue bodysuit and matching silver gloves, boots and a dark brown tail wrapped tightly around his waist came up to them and gave them six yellow coloured tickets each, "Don't think I'll let you go in without taking these,"
"Jinjar! What are you doing here?" Colrab said as he gave him a high five,
"I'm on patrol duty, scouting the area for any 'hostile activity' or whatnot," he sighed, "But I had these spare tickets with me and since I won't be needing them, I thought maybe you kids would like them,"
Jinjar was Master Kalabash' son and one of his old students who later on grew and joined the Saiyan army when he was eighteen; proving himself each day until he too became an elite. But unlike most of the elite soldiers in the army, Jinjar kept his friendly nature and values. He was like an older brother figure to Yamoshi, Quash, Colrab and Selrie.
"Thanks a lot for these Jinjar," Quash smiled and put her tickets in her belt pocket, "Now we won't have to stand all day in the queue and these are more than enough to help us buy anything here,"
"Heh, glad to help guys," he ruffled Quash' hair playfully, "Now go inside and have fun, I need to get back on duty,"
With that the four teenagers raced inside to join the crowd.
Meanwhile, a few miles away...
"Haaa, hiya!" a young boy's voice echoed in a dark room mixed with the sounds of kicks and punches being thrown around as ki blasts flew in all directions and sizzled on impact with the walls,
"Take this one on for size, GALICK GUN!" the voice yelled as a wide pink coloured beam of energy shot out from somewhere in the dark, illuminating the room slightly as it closed in on a small green goblin-like creature before exploding it to bits,
After a few minutes, the lights went on and the smoke cleared to reveal a young teenage boy around fourteen standing in the midst. He had a nice slightly tan complexion, spiky jet black hair that stood up straight at the top of his head with one long black bang falling on the front of his forehead and another smaller on the left corner of his face, sharp deep black eyes and a dark brown tail swinging back and forth behind him as he stood there in a navy blue sleeveless training suit and white gloves and boots. He looked around at the purple blood and green exploded innards around him as he wiped his jaw and walked out of the training room, headed towards the showers.
"So, how did training go, Prince Aikon?" a tall dark skinned bald Saiyan dressed in the same outfit as the boy but with a scar across his left eye and a goatee addressed as he walked alongside him, "Didn't I tell you that the Saibamen are a great way to blow off steam when you're depressed and agitated?"
"I thought I told you not to call me by that title Gurki, and yes you weren't wrong, I do feel a tad bit better," he clenched his slightly bloodied gloved fists, "But must we kill innocent Saibamen to fulfil our bloodlust?" the man shrugged,
"Well technically, they aren't really living beings per se, they're genetically engineered organisms created in our labs by the great Dr. Hoquso," Gurki assured him at which the young prince rolled his eyes,
"Don't you think I know that?" he snapped slightly as he regained his composure, "I'm just saying that I don't really like killing innocent lives, no matter who's they are – it just seems... wrong to me," he paused before he continued, "I don't want to be like my father... someone who's cruel, heartless and kills and tortures for pleasure,"
Gurki looked apologetic as he patted his shoulder,
"Don't you worry my liege you'll always be just the way you are," he reassured him, "I know what you must deal with everyday but you're strong and I'm sure you'll find peace eventually,"
"Thanks Gurki, I hope you're right," with that he entered a shower stall, stripped himself off of his sweaty training gear and let the hot water soak him,
Soon enough, he was soon lost in deep thought,
'I wonder what Yamoshi must be doing,' he thought as he rubbed some dark blue shower gel in his spiky hair and stiff muscles, 'Bet he's out at the festival having fun with his real friends,'
After about fifteen minutes or so, he stepped out and dried himself before wrapping a towel around his waist and heading to the changing room to pick out an outfit to wear, his mind still wondering what the other kids from training must be doing,
"Gii gii! Kieeeeee!" a loud screeching voice echoed throughout the hall as five Saibamen in all their light and dark green glory and veiny heads broke out from the laboratory and jumped out the window, flying out into clear day.
"What the hell!? How did they get out?" Aikon gritted his teeth, "I have to go after them and stop them before they attack the locals,"
He sprinted to the changing room and quickly slipped on his white and black Saiyan School gi, given to him by Master Kalabash, before boost dashing out the same window and chasing the fleeing Saibamen.
Back at the festival...
"Hey do you guys hear that?" Quash put a finger to her lips as she listened intently, "It sounds like someone's flying this way towards us at top speed,"
"You're just hearing things Quash," Colrab waved his hand as he bit into a grey coloured cotton candy cone styled in the shape of Saiyan hair, "Here, have some Ardos cotton candy,"
"Hold that thought, I hear it too," Yamoshi looked up at the clear day sky as he struggled to hear where the voice was coming from before he saw something, "Look! Over there in the sky,"
Sure enough, five dark and light green strange looking creatures that they hadn't ever seen before landed in the middle of the festival park, eyeing the locals with their cold red gaze. The four young teenagers stood defensively, unsure what to do.
"Kieeeeee!" one of them yelled as they scattered and began raiding the festival simultaneously. One of them began chasing the smaller children and making them cry, one began to raid the stalls and destroy goods, one of them went on a rampage and began to attack the other visitors and the last two started destroying the rides,
"Saibamen?! How did they get here?" Jinjar ran over to the chaos followed by four other soldiers, "Alright men, let's make clear work of these freaks! Be careful as to not hurt any civilians," and with that, they scattered,
"What the hell is going on!?" Colrab held up his arms as one of the Saibamen clawed at him furiously; occasionally screaming, "One minute we're all having fun and the next moment, these creeps ruin everything,"
"Where did these come from anyway?" Selrie questioned as she spun and kicked one of the Saibamen off of her before a soldier jumped in and took them from her hands, "I've studied animal biology but never have I seen anything like this myself,"
"Who cares, let's just end them already," Yamoshi snapped as he kicked one furiously away and made it crash in Jinjar's arms, "I was itching for a good battle for a while now,"
"You said it," Quash nodded,
To everyone's horror, the Saibamen weren't going down and soon enough, their eyes glowed red and their bodies began to glow with a strange purple aura as each one of them stood back up on their feet and grinned evilly at each one of them,
"Wait, I see someone else approaching," Colrab broke the tension as he pointed to a white and black clothed figure flying towards them at top speed, "And look, he's wearing Saiyan School gi similar to what we wear while we train,"
Sure enough, their doubts were confirmed when the spiky jet black haired new challenger landed just a few feet in front of them facing off the Saibamen – his back turned to the crowd;
The Saiyan School logo was printed on the back of the white gi he wore and his dark brown tail swung majestically behind him,
"My liege," a couple of the soldiers came and bowed respectfully in front of him but quickly regained their composure when the said young prince gave them a look unbeknownst to everyone else,
"Aikon..? Is that you?" Yamoshi reached out to him as the Saiyan teen gave him a sideward glance; acknowledging each of them.
Yamoshi gave him a grateful smile, Colrab looked mystified, Quash glared with the same expression she used on the Saibamen and Selrie blushed – unable to move as Aikon's gaze settled on her for a while before turning back to the common enemy,
"Wait a sec, aren't you that silent mute who trains with us at Kalabash'?" Quash crossed her arms as she sized him up; the soldiers resisted the urge to tackle her for using such a tone with the prince, "Where did you come from anyway, and you honestly think you can just waltz in here and act like a hero?"
"Hey, who cares? Aikon's a friend and I trust him," Yamoshi snapped at her, "He must've sensed that we were in trouble and he decided to come help us,"
"Uh guys, meet ups all well and good, but need I remind everyone we're in the middle of a battle here..." Colrab interrupted,
"What should we do prin... I-I mean Aikon?" Jinjar did a last minute save and spoke up,
"It's simple," Aikon began as he assumed his battle stance and narrowed his eyes at the enemy, "We take them all two on one each. They're strong so we're gonna have to be careful..."
"And why should we listen to yo- eeeek!" Quash was cut off as one of the Saibamen hurled a ki blast at her, "Okay, let's get this over with,"
And with that the battle began,
Even though the Saibamen had mysteriously gotten much stronger than before, with the ten of them working together; the Saiyans now had the upper hand.
Quash and Colrab sized up a fleeing Saibaman as Quash rushed forward and delivered a devastating combo on it. The Saibaman recovered from the blow and slammed a sledgehammer at Quash' head; sending her toppling into one of the stands.
At this, Colrab yelled a battle cry and roundhouse kicked the Saibamen aside but just as he rushed forward to try a follow-up combo, he was attacked by a string of ki blasts; holding him back and tearing up part of his green tank top.
"That's it! I'm sick of you right about now," Colrab yelled as his eyes glowed red – the rage triggered part of his Dragon cells to awaken and he rushed forward; surprising the green fiend as he unleashed a Sonic Rush at it before pulling his hands up over his head, summoning a large blood coloured ball of ki, "Kalabash sensei taught me this one, try to knock off this why don't cha, SEEKER BOMBS!"
As he released the ki blast; it multiplied into ten or so smaller ones as they homed in on the confused Saibaman; striking him on point as each blast made a deep gash across its body before its eyes went blank and it fell to the ground, dead.
"Gii gii gii!"
'Uhh... what was that..?' he thought as his yes went normal yet again and he realized what just happened,
"Great job Colrab, that was amazing," Quash yelled up at him, to which he looked at her blankly,
"Oh," he said simply before shaking the strange feeling off and jumping down to where Quash stood, rubbing under his nose proudly and regaining his confidence from before, "Heh, I showed him huh?"
"Mhmm," she mumbled before taking his hand and pulling him towards one of the food stands, "I'm hungry, let's eat,"
"But wouldn't that be stealing?"
"Don't worry, we'll leave a ticket for whatever we eat, now come on!"
Meanwhile, Aikon and Selrie squared up against one beat up and bruised Saibamen that was too stubborn to die just yet,
"Let's attack it simultaneously," Aikon suggested as he wiped his slightly cut cheek and looked at his partner, "That way it won't have time to escape or react,"
"Right! I'll knock it towards you after beating it up so you can finish it off quicker," she cried as she readied herself and began furiously combo-ing the cornered Saibamen before launching it diagonally upwards with a double back kick and flew back upwards; ready to pound it back down,
"Aikon, heads up!" she slammed her balled fists above the Saibaman's veiny head as it screamed in pain and came rocketing down to the ground where Aikon charged a powerful ki super in his hands,
"GALICK GUN!" he screamed as a large pink beam of energy shot out from his palms and pushed the creature upwards again, "Get out of the way or you'll be swept up with it,"
Without delay, the young girl jumped out of the blast's path as the beam pushed the Saibaman way up and exploded just above the planet's atmosphere.
"That was amazing!" Selrie sighed as she rejoined him on ground, "I've seen you fight before in training but that was something else,"
"Yeah? Guess I don't really stick around much to let anyone notice," he replied coolly as he turned to leave before giving her a sideways glance and a smile which made the said girl's heart skip a beat, "You're not so bad yourself, Selrie..." he finished off with a wink,
Before she could react, he turned away and flew over to where Yamoshi and Jinjar were fighting three more of the Saibamen,
'Huh..? What just happened...' she blinked as she felt her heart, 'He knows my name!? Is this what crushing on someone feels like?'
"Hey Selrie, there you are," Quash' voice interrupted her as she and Colrab ran over with a mountain of carnival street food and handed her a corndog, "Here's a little something, you're welcome,"
"Did you guys steal all this food!?" her eyes widened as she saw the mountain of sweets, corndogs, churros, popcorn, cotton candy, taffy and many other kinds of food in both their arms,
"Yeah no, sort of? Does it even matter?" Colrab pushed the stick in her cousin's mouth, "The festival is a mess anyway and I couldn't let all this food go to waste," at which the young girl's stomach growled in response and she simply rolled her eyes and bit into it,
"Hiya!" Yamoshi yelled as he released a Double Sunday at one of the two Saibamen they were fighting; reducing it to dust, "And that there makes three,"
Aikon meanwhile unleashed a devastating combo at another Saibaman and punched him over at Jinjar who drove his own fist through the monster before tossing the left over carcass behind him. Now there was only one of them left as the three Saiyans cornered around it.
The Saibaman twitched in fear as its red eyes darted from Aikon to Jinjar to Yamoshi. Then an evil grin crept on its face,
"Gii gii," it cried loudly as it lurched its head back and dove at Jinjar before wrapping its arms and legs over him, stopping his movements, "Kieeeeee!"
"Arrgh, what the heck is it doing to me..?" Jinjar gasped as the Saibaman glared at him and tightened its grip. Aikon and Yamoshi gripped each of the monster's arms and tried prying it off their older friend, but to no avail.
Then Aikon remembered,
"Yamoshi, get back! It's gonna-"
BOOOM!
He was cut off as the Saibaman self destructed itself – blowing both of them back from the explosion as they crashed a few good feet away in a bloody heap,
Yamoshi crashed underneath a pile of rocks and fainted on impact while Aikon managed to kick himself out of a heap of rubble struggled to look up through the debris as his eyes grew wide at the huge crater before him;
The top of his white gi was blown off completely, revealing his black undershirt. His lower was singed from the bottom and torn across his knees while his dark brown tail was painted in his own blood. His right eye was bruised shut with his expressions bloody and his right arm wouldn't move,
"YAMOSHI! JINJAR! Nooo!" he fought furiously to get to his feet, "T-this... can't be, my only t-two friends c-can't just, aaarrghh..." he collapsed from the overwhelming pain in his right side as he looked ahead of him and reached out before his vision blurred and he passed out.
"Aikon, Yamoshi!" Colrab, Selrie and Quash ran over as soon as they heard the blast go off; taking in the scene before them,
Yamoshi was nowhere to be seen except his bruised arm poking out from some fallen rocks in the distance while Aikon lay bloodied and bruised face-down by the mouth of a large crater in the middle from where billows of smoke could be seen,
"Oh no!" all three of them ran forward to check on their friends; their hearts racing before they were intercepted by the remaining soldiers,
"Get back all of you!" a soldier stopped the teenagers' path as their medic jumped in the crater and two other soldiers went to fetch Aikon and Yamoshi. A while later, the lot of them returned and placed three battered bodies on the ground before them,
The medic checked for each of their pulse and frowned when she was done with Jinjar – who looked worse than either of them,
"I'm sorry, he couldn't survive the blast..." she replied solemnly as she brushed his eyes shut and stood back up,
Jinjar's armour was blown off, leaving his tattered dark blue bodysuit underneath and his tail snapped in half. His face was marked with bruises and large gaping hole was near his chest,
"W-what about Aikon and Yamoshi?" Quash questioned the medic as she wiped a tear,
"They'll both live," she mumbled, "Apparently, they weren't affected too much by the blast – probably because of standing a few feet away when the Saibaman went off so they're just hurt pretty bad, but I'm afraid we'll need to take them away for a while,"
Yamoshi's tank top was blown off, his pants torn and his belt completely destroyed, freeing his bloodied brushy tail. His head was bleeding near one of his temples which the medic wrapped a bandage around.
"When will they be discharged..?" Selrie looked on as one of the soldiers hoisted Aikon and Yamoshi on a stretcher and boarded an ambulance before speeding off into the distance,
"Tell you what, you both are Callio's girl's right? When your friends are feeling better, I'll give her a ring and tell her to send you kids over to see them, how's that?" she ruffled Selrie's hair – much to her annoyance and turned to leave, "Now you three get clear from here and go home for now. We'll handle it from here, and don't let me catch you flying around, understand?" with that she joined her comrades; leaving the three teenagers to themselves.
Colrab, Selrie and Quash walked silently back towards the city, taking in what just happened to them in the past few minutes. What could have been a day filled with fun and festivities was soon turned into a day of death and sadness. One of their good friends died today and two more of them were sent away to the hospital,
"You guys think Yamoshi will be okay?" Quash mumbled, "He took a pretty bad beating back there,"
"What about that Aikon guy?" Colrab added,
"What about him?" Quash snapped at him as she faced him,
"I don't know about you girls but I was thinking about something," Colrab he replied as they walked the streets together, "He didn't seem so bad to me, in fact he was pretty cool,"
Quash was silent for a while before she shrugged,
"Yeah I guess you're right there," she walked on ahead as she waved back, "At first I thought he would be a complete weirdo too but in the end, he pulled out for us and helped us beat those Saiba-freaks," she turned to Selrie, "What's your take on all that's happened Sel?"
"Huh..? Oh!" she plucked a stray strand of hair away from her face as she blushed slightly, "I think he's... kinda cute honestly, don't you think?"
Both Colrab and Quash gave each other sideward glances before they "oooh-ed" loudly at their friend and made her blush even more,
"Give me a break will you! I just stated the obvious, he is pretty attractive," Selrie clasped her hands on her ears in a futile attempt to drown them off, "And besides, cute can mean anything... like take bunnies for example,"
"Maybe so, but that still proves the fact that YOU'RE TOTALLY CRUSHING ON HIM!" Quash shrieked as she pinched her cousin's cheeks, "Aww look at wittle Selwie having her first cwush,"
"Cut it out..!" she yelled as she slapped Quash' hands away from her face and rubbed her slightly red and bruised cheeks, "Besides, I'm pretty sure he doesn't feel the same way,"
"Ah don't feel that way bruv, you're a driven and strong willed girl, I'm sure he's bound to fall for you eventually," Colrab joined in as he slapped Selrie's back,
"Not to mention adorable," Quash pointed, "And don't worry cuz, we'll keep your little secret safe with us,"
"I don't know if I should be relieved or worried about that statement," she sighed tiredly and walked on, "Now I'm off to the food court to get a bite to eat. You guys coming?"
"Right behind ya!" they both cried in unison as they entered the mall together,
At the Royal Castle...
"The plan worked, Captain Horenzo. The Saibamen infiltrated the festival, they were intercepted by the prince, and then one of them have been reported to have exploded and taking out Prince Aikon with it,"
A tall figure in a long white cloak spoke from a monitor screen in a robotic voice. Their face was covered underneath a hood with only their glowing white eyes showing through as they addressed the man in front of the screen.
The said man had short spiky black hair, a matching black moustache and wore a black and white centred battle suit with one shoulder pad, silver edging and dark blue bodysuit and matching silver gloves, boots and a light brown tail around his waist as he stood there with a content smile on his lips and crossed arms,
"Excellent," Horenzo replied in his raspy voice, "With the prince now out of the way, we can finally work in peace as we carry out our master plan, without any intrusions,"
"What about the king and queen?" Cyborg questioned, "They may not agree to this plan of ours, and with the death of their son-"
"Abbage and Carro trust the Council too much, even more than their boy who I'm pretty sure is despised by the father anyway – and they won't pose a threat for us. Besides," Horenzo walked over to the window as he looked out over the horizon, "I know how self-centred and driven our king can be. Once he hears our plan to unite the kingdom under one common leader, he'll be BOUND to help us – his wife will be sure to follow after and if she doesn't, then Abbage himself will dispose off of her, that I am fairly certain of,"
Just then, the door to his room opened and a tall, slender female Saiyan stepped in. She wore a similar battle suit like Horenzo but the centre plate was coloured dark purple instead of white. She had short jet black hair with one long strand falling on the right side of her face, sharp black eyes and a dark brown tail around her waist.
"Captain, we may have a problem on our hands," she spoke as she produced a file from behind her and flipped through the pages, "The young prince didn't exactly... die in that explosion,"
"WHAT!?" Horenzo boomed as he turned to the woman and snatched the file away from her, scanning it himself, "H-how can this be?! I just saw the soldiers hoist-"
"A body into one of the morgues, I know, I was there," she shook her head, "But it was too big to be the prince' corpse anyway. The guy we lost was none other than one of our own soldiers; an elite named Jinjar," she pointed at the file, "Our concerned target is currently recovering in one of the healing chambers. He didn't exactly die but-"
"He was brought to near death... DAMMIT!" he slammed the file on his desk as he turned to the screen before him, "How bad are our chances now, Cyborg?"
"According to his Saiyan DNA, the prince will indeed receive a zenkai boost when he is fully healed,"
"Which means he'll be an even tougher nut to crack if he wasn't before," the woman added,
"I am fully aware of that, thank you for clarifying Kyabetsu," the man sighed irritably as he rubbed the bridge of his nose, "No matter, even with his power more than doubled from before; he will still be no match for me,"
"What about the other kid that went inside with him?" Kyabetsu added, "He'll be a threat for us as well once he heals too,"
"Like I SAID," Horenzo glared back at her, "I will personally take care of them myself, BOTH of them. The prince may be a handful but that other runt is nothing more than a low-class forgotten orphan. He's like a fly to any of us anyway,"
"Shall we continue the project then, Captain?" Cyborg questioned,
"Yes, we do," he looked back at the hooded image before him, "We go onward with Operation Absalon and keep it strictly confidential as of now – even from the king and queen,"
"The serum isn't ready yet," Kyabetsu crossed her arms at him, "We still need a few more weeks until it's done, otherwise we'll end up with..." she paused as she flipped through the file and reached a different page, "Another one of THAT,"
Horenzo took the file as he flipped it over to reveal the title;
"S.A. Mark I..." he mumbled as he shut it again, "I see, we wouldn't want that to happen to us," he waved his hand as he turned away from both of them, "That will be all Cyborg, now leave me be," at which, the screen blanked out and the image of the hooded figure disappeared,
"What about me, my Captain?" Kyabetsu spoke as she placed a slender hand on his shoulder pad, "You must be tired from all the missions, mind if I-"
"Didn't you hear a word I said, woman?!" Horenzo snapped as he ripped her hand off of his armour, "I said leave me be!"
She massaged her sore hand as she looked up at him one last time with regretful eyes and turned away, walking off and disappearing through the door. Horenzo marched over to his desk as he dropped himself into the seat; opening one of the drawers and pulling out a small projector from it before turning it on; revealing a fish-faced person with light green skin, drooping slitty eyes and long antennae protruding from his cheeks. He wore a round black hat on his head with a large white 'M' in the centre front,
"Master Bibidi, I wanted to update you on our current situation,"
End Episode (Outro Song: "Rock the Dragon")
What new challenges await our heroes next? And what 'Master Plan' is Horenzo and his subordinates planning for the people of Planet Sadal?
Next time on Dragon Ball XA.