Chapter 3: The Crew v. The Young Mercenary

I woke up and it was a nice bright and sunny day outside. I met everyone one downstairs after I went and washed up. They were sitting on the couch waiting on me. I stood in the middle and looked at Gohan. Gohan nodded at me. It was like him telling me, "You got this." I nodded back and looked at the rest of the Crew.

"Guys," I said. "This is it. We've trained a whole month yesterday for this fight. We are stronger than we've ever been before. Now, there is no denying about how tough this battle will be, because it will be the toughest we've dealt with. But, I know that Mingerti won't expect us to be so strong. We will win this, no matter what!" Everyone cheered and started getting hyped up.

"Let's handle business, y'all," I said. Then we walked outside and flew to the battleground.

We landed in the flatlands, away from any civilization. We were surrounded by mountains.

"He should be here any minute now," I said. Then I felt a familiar massive energy coming toward us. Suddenly, Mingerti appeared above us. He floated down in front of us. He was intimidating to say the least, and he knew he was. Gohan and I were in the front of our pack, representing the action of 'try and scare us'. Mingerti scanned us all, and snickered.

"All right, who's first?" said Mingerti. Christian walked in front and said, "I'll go." Mingerti smiled and said, "Ok, then, whenever you're ready." I said to Christian, "Hey, be careful, ok?"

He nodded and said, "I sure will." The Crew flew back and let them have the room they needed. They stared each other down while a light breeze went through the air.

"You don't have a chance of beating me. None of you do!" Mingerti yelled.

"You don't know a damn thing," Christian said.

"Then show me what you got," Mingerti said. Christian charged at Mingerti with a straight jab. Mingerti blocked it and swung a left cross. Christian ducked under his arm and they started to clash. Then Mingerti punched Christian in the face. Christian started doing back handsprings to get some distance but Mingerti charged after him. Christian noticed that and started shooting ki blasts at him. He just swatted them away, punched Christian and threw him into the air. Christian stopped himself and hovered high above the ground.

"Is that all you got? I thought you were better than this," Mingerti called out to him. Christian tensed up and started powering up. A white aura surrounded him, and the wind circled around him. The ground started shaking. Then he stopped suddenly, and so did the shaking and the wind. Christian's power was at its max. Mingerti just smiled.

"Bring it!" he yelled. Christian charged at Mingerti and reared back a punch. Mingerti caught his fist and kicked him away. Then he charged at Christian and kicked him to the clouds. Then he vanished up to Christian and hammer-fisted him down to the ground. When Christian hit the crater a huge cloud of dust erupted from the impact and he formed a crater. Mingerti landed down in front of the crater. Christian got up from the bottom of the crater, clothes torn, and grabbing his ribs.

"I wanted a challenge and I didn't get it," Mingerti said.

"Get the senzu beans from my room. Hurry!" I said to Thomas. Thomas nodded and flew towards the house. I turned around and Mingerti was whaling on Christian, pummeling him. I started gritting my teeth and started to power up to interfere. Suddenly, I felt an immense power next to me. I saw Jerry vanish from my right side. Mingerti had picked up Christian by his shirt and was charging a ki blast. Then I saw Jerry appear next to them, and kicked Mingerti away to the other mountains. I was surprised; his speed was much faster than I thought. His energy was pulsing rapidly, angrily. A blue aura was crackling around him.

"Chris!" he yelled to me, "Get him out of here!"

"Ok!" I yelled back and flew down there to grab Christian. As I landed and picked Christian up, Mingerti landed in front of us. He looked at Jerry.

"You want to intervene?" He asked, arrogantly. "Ok, I'll let you go ahead and try." Then he turned to me.

"You, when I'm done with him, you're next," he said, pointing at me. I looked back at him, with a look only reserved for people that get on my last nerve. My energy fluctuated a small amount, but I reined it back in, trying to keep my composure. I flew back to the rest of the group and laid Christian down on the ground. Mingerti looked back at Jerry.

"You really think you stand a chance?" he said. Jerry started to power up. He started screaming. The ground started to crack underneath their feet, rocks and dust started to circle around them. The wind started to pick up immensely, blowing with the force of a massive thunderstorm. Then Jerry punched Mingerti in the face, making him fly back. Jerry charged after him, rearing back his fist for another punch. Mingerti regained his composure, stopped his momentum and blocked Jerry. Then they clashed and shockwaves boomed over the horizon, making holes in the clouds in the sky. Mingerti kicked Jerry to the ground. Jerry flipped and landed on his feet then charged back up and started to clash with him again. Mingerti punched him away again. Jerry stopped himself in the air. I looked at him; he was torn up, bleeding from various cuts, and breathing heavily. Mingerti charged at him and punched him in the stomach. Jerry gasped in pain, and grabbed his stomach. He fell to the ground and landed on all fours, grimacing, groaning and still clutching his stomach. Mingerti raised his hand up to the sky and started to charge up an energy attack.

"If you think you can challenge me, then stop this!" he yelled down at Jerry. Jerry staggered and rose up to two feet, looking up angrily and fearfully at the amassing energy orb above the horizon. He powered up his energy, pushing it to the max. I looked at the situation and couldn't take standing around anymore. "I'm going in there! Jerry needs help now!" I yelled. Calvin and Hobbes nodded, but Gohan ran in front of me.

"Wait a second, don't go just yet!" he yelled.

"Why?! What's the problem?!" I asked frantically.

"We can't just rush in blindly!" yelled Gohan. "We need a plan!"

"Are you serious right now, Gohan?!" I yelled. Just then, Mingerti angled the attack at the Earth. Lightning circled around the orb, his body and it shot out and struck the ground around us.

"Good luck!" he yelled and then he fired the energy orb at the ground. Jerry stood his ground and put his hands up in front of him to catch and hold the attack from hitting the Earth. "Forget a damn plan! I'm going to help him!" I yelled at Gohan. Then I turned to Calvin and Hobbes.

"Calvin, Hobbes, help Jerry push it back! I'm going after Mingerti!" They nodded and we all charged in. Calvin and Hobbes stood by Jerry and powered up to their full strength. The orb hit their hands and pushed against the trio. I charged up at Mingerti.

"Hey!" I yelled. Mingerti turned to face me, surprised. I punched him squarely in the jaw with a right hook, knocking him away. I charged after him, charging up an energy attack of my own. I extended my arm and hand and fired a blue beam at him. He turned and put his hands up to block. An explosion shook the horizon around us. Jerry, Calvin, and Hobbes are still holding on the orb. The struggle was so great the ground started to crack and crumble beneath their feet. They were getting pushed in the ground.

"Give it everything you got!" Jerry yelled. Then they all scream and push the orb into space. It zooms by my face and careens all the way through the Solar System. I looked down at them on the ground. Jerry had fallen back to all fours and Calvin and Hobbes dropped to one knee each breathing heavily. I quickly flew down and stood by them. Then Mingerti landed back in front of us, seething with anger. I powered back up.

"You interfered," he growled. He started to slowly power up, and a teal green aura started to flow around his body. Everyone next to me was spent, and unable to help out anymore. So I threw a punch at Mingerti's chest. He blocked it and swung a right hook at me. It connected, hitting me in the in the face. I flew back and skidded across the ground. My nose started bleeding. I stood up and wiped the blood from my face. He charged at me again, rearing back another punch. He swung and I ducked under his fist and tried to punch him but he blocked me again and tried to kick me back. I blocked his leg inches from connecting to my face. Then we started to clash. Gohan looked at me fighting him, thinking of a plan and studying me, watching me.

"Come on, Chris!" he thought. "Break through and transform!" Then Mingerti knocked me down to the ground. I landed on my hands and feet. He flew down at me with a charged up punch. I jumped to the side, making him hit the ground and form a crater. I shot two energy blasts at him. He swatted them back at me, which I turned out of the way of the energy blasts. He got up and kicked me in the chest. I skidded back on my feet. Mingerti teleported behind me and charged an energy orb in his hands. I noticed him, and knew that I couldn't defend against it.

"Shit!" I thought. He fired at my back, and an explosion boomed across the flatlands. I flew through the air, hole in my shirt and a huge burn mark on my back and landed on my stomach. I skidded on the ground and laid on my side. Mingerti landed in front of me and looked at me.

"Disappointing," he said. "I expected more from you." He put his hand in front of him and charged up a red energy orb. "Time for you to die." He growled. Then I heard a scream from behind me and a massive energy started to grow immensely. Mingerti looked up behind me and huffed. Gohan landed in front of me, powered up into his Ascended Saiyan state.

"G…Gohan?" I stammered. Lightning crackled all around him. I could feel the heat of his aura emanating on me, and his energy was so much than the last time we fought.

"Can you stand?" he asked. I started to slowly stand up.

"Yeah I can," I said.

"Then get the others out of the way." Gohan said. I nodded and ran to Jerry and the others, picked them up and flew back to get out of the way. "So you finally decided to fight me?" said Mingerti.

"I can't let you hurt my friends anymore. We settle this now," said Gohan.

"Then I guess it's time for me to get serious," He smirked. He started to scream power up. The ground started to shake, lightning started to crack down around us. Dark clouds started to roll over the landscape as the lightning grew in intensity. The teal aura surrounded him and pulsated. Then he stopped. I looked in shock. Mingerti's energy was just higher than Gohan's. Gohan clenched his teeth and got in a fighting stance.

"Finally, finally I get to kill you!" Mingerti growled. He charged at Gohan. Gohan screamed and charged at Mingerti.