Chapter 4
What Nappa saw filled him with horror and revulsion. A creature almost three times his size stepped forward to greet the saiyan trio. It was not the mass of the creature that shocked them all, but its appearance. It looked nothing like the people of that planet and Vegeta wondered where such a creature could possibly come from. Long fangs dripping with black saliva protruded from his mouth, which emitted a horrible stench. Its peeling, scaly skin was stained with old blood and as it opened its mouth to roar at the astonished saiyans pieces of flesh and slivers of bone flecked its large teeth.
Vegeta was the first to come out of his shock. He gathered his ki in his palm and fired a large blast at the creatures head. It exploded sending rock and dirt flying here and there. Smoke surrounded them and for awhile they were all calm, thinking that the monster must have died from such a fatal hit, but they were sorely mistaken. The giant thing bellowed in anger and ran towards them. Nappa flew up and landed a series of punches and kicks all over the animal, but it did not even seem to feel anything. It swiped its claws and knocked Nappa to the ground where he lay stunned.
Raditz's hand whipped to his scouter, trying to get a reading on the creature's power level, but it just wouldn't work. "What is wrong with this planet?" he called to Vegeta "I can't get this thing's power level either"
"Forget that, right now we have to deal with something more serious. How the hell are we gonna kill that thing?" Vegeta replied, slight alarm evident in his words.
Without warning the creature stomped towards them, claws outstretched, mouth agape. Raditz and Vegeta flew higher into the sky, but that did nothing From the monster's back came blood red wings that it used to chase the two warriors.
They began to frantically fly around to get away but some how the monster kept up. Vegeta looked down at Nappa's still form. "Nappa, get up! We need your help if you haven't noticed." Nappa didn't move and Vegeta continued to yell. After awhile he slowly rose from the ground and shook his head as if to clear it. He looked up, remembering what had happened, and went after the creature. Nappa punched and kicked, using every fighting technique he knew, but still it had no effect. Raditz powered up and through a huge ki blast at it, but still nothing happened, the only change was that the monster was more irritated than before. It lifted its massive hand and sliced Raditz's chest with its deadly claws. Blood poured in torrents as he fell to the ground in pain.
Vegeta silently cursed, how would they get out of this mess? Frieza had probably planned this from the start, making them die in a purging and finally get rid of them all. Well he was not going to let that happen, they would survive and show Frieza and his lackeys how powerful they actually were. Vegeta attacked the monster with all he had, but was continuously thrown back. He had long, bloody gashes down his whole body and Nappa and Raditz were no better.
The creature had gotten considerable damage but still had the upper hand. The saiyans were struggling and finally they felt exhaustion begin to claim them.
"Vegeta" Raditz said with pained expression "We can't keep doing this. That thing will kill us. I don't think we're gonna survive this time."
Vegeta rose to his full height, which wasn't very much considering his size and age, and gave the monster an angry glare. "You think you can defeat me, the prince of all saiyans? I think not. It's gonna take a lot more than a useless piece of filth like you to kill me."
He began to gather his ki and created another, more powerful ki blast in his palms. Nappa and Raditz seemed to be encouraged by their prince and began to gather their ki as well. Three enormous balls of ki had formed and were ready to be fired. The monster seemed to laugh as he walked calmly forward. As soon as he was close enough the three saiyans fired, aiming directly for its head. It didn't seem worried until the blasts had just reached its head, that's when it realized it was over. A huge 'bang' was heard and smoke was everywhere. When it had all cleared all that was left of the monster was a charred, headless body.
Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz all laughed and soon fell to the ground in exhaustion. For hours they just lay there until they finally gained enough strength to climb into there space pods and return to Frieza's ship. Now Frieza would know who he was really dealing with.
Frieza sat in his thrown, a small glass in his hands, a deep rich wine ready for him to drink. Suddenly Zarbon walked in, looking slightly nervous.
"Lord Frieza, um…the saiyans they are returning."
"Dead?"
"No sire, actually they are alive and they have completed the mission."
Silence was all that was to be heard for those few tension filled moments. Then Frieza replied, "How impressive, the saiyans, especially the young prince, are quickly becoming my best fighters. Send someone to congratulate them."
"Yes master Frieza" Zarbon then turned and left.
Frieza smirked, "Well Vegeta, things are going to get a bit interesting now aren't they?"
Done for now. Sorry for not updating for so long. I'll keep trying. Please review and tell me what you think. Criticism is encouraged too, but no harsh flames please, my little heart can't take it (or I'll just get mad, so go ahead and sent your flames).
Well thanks so much for reading and all the good reviews I've gotten so far. They really help me and encourage me to write. I'm probably talking too much so Good Night.