Rise of the G-Fighters

Lake Superior

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Chapter 4: The Saiyan-Arcosian Team-up!

"I'm Sorry, Kid."

Froze and Bardock shot poisonous dares at Gradol, righteous fury burning in their eyes. Kabix was only a child! He didn't deserve to be hurt or, Blizzah forbid, die! Froze wasn't going to stand for this, he wasn't going to stand by and let the courageous boy die!

"Get out of here!" Froze snapped at the toads emerging from their hiding places, "Take Kabix to the nearest healing center and get yourselves to safety!"

The toads were slightly taken aback at the arcosian's sudden change in demeanor, going from cool-headed and reserved to furious and commanding. They did as they were told, though, nobody wanted to be around when the fight began. One of the mushroom-headed people scooped Kabix into his arms and ran off with the crowd to the emergency transport stations hidden belowground. Froze looked back to Gradol to see the green-skinned fighter just… Standing there?

"What? No condescensing remarks? No attempts to kill everyone escaping?" The arcosian spat with contempt.

"Oh, there'll be plenty of time for that after I've killed you two." Gradol replied, almost sounding bored.

That was the last straw for Froze and Bardock alike. An unspoken partnership was made between the saiyan and arcosian. The two warriors released their auras and vanished for an instant before returning to visibility around Gradol. Froze delivered a knee to the soldier's stomach while Bardock struck with an elbow to the back; a double attack that made the alien cough up a bit of blood. The two continued their assault with an all-out blitz of kicks and punches, rarely giving the green-skinned alien any chance to retaliate.

Meanwhile, Gradol was contemplating how long he should lead the two weaklings on. This was nothing but acting for him; he felt absolutely no pain from their pathetic excuses for attacks! He let them go on for about another minute before releasing a burst of energy that knocked the two unlikely partners into one of the toads' buildings. It was at this moment the soldier regained his composure and smirked at the two. He felt they should know what they were up against before they died.

"I thought well I should inform you," Gradol declared with more than a hint of arrogance, "I'm not with Frieza or Cooler. I'm the leader of King Cold's Special Forces! You're too far below me to even make a dent! A dirt-class arcosian and bottom-rank saiyan can't touch someone of my breeding!" Gradol laughed as the two weaklings lifted themselves from the rubble.

There was no chance he'd lose. He could feel the strength draining from their bodies. Seems he'd placed too much force into that attack. He really needed to work on that. Gradol charged his hands with ki and fired a series of blasts at the stumbling fighters. He cackled with wicked glee as he continued his torrent with reckless abandon, destroying nearly everything in sight. He didn't let up until he was positive that he had erased the two from existence.

"Well, that takes care of that." Gradol sighed as he dusted his hands and turned around to face his ship. It was going to be real pain, waking up all those useless peons. He muttered something about being too elite for such a menial task and proceeded to stride toward the pile of unconscious soldiers, and kicked one of them lightly. Not even so much as a groan. Just wonderful.

Froze groaned from the blinding light in his eyes as he returned to conciousness and tried to recall what had transpired. Last he remembered; Grodal had played him and Bardock for suckers. He sat up looked around and saw that he wasn't alone. Toads were huddled around him, muttering and whispering- something about pulling the fighters from the rubble. The arcosian fighter shook his head again, taking in the white walls of the room and the pings and beeps of machinery that echoed from down the hallway. He was in a medical center, that he was sure of. Despite the protests of the toad doctors, Froze climbed out of bed. He had to find Kabix. He needed to make sure the kid was okay.

The arcosian wandered the hallways for a few minutes, searching for a familiar face or voice. Every time he asked a toad, all he received was a sad shake of the head and silence. There was something he wasn't being told.

"What do you mean 'fatal?!'" A familiar voice rang from a few rooms ahead. Froze followed the sound and arrived at a terrible thing to behold. Kabix was lying down in the bed, bandaged and breathing weakly. The child's parents were each in chairs aside his bed, holding his small hands and trying not to cry. Bardock was yelling at the doctor, demanding an explanation.

"What's going on?" Froze asked, trying to hide his nerves and keep his cool demeanor. All faces in the room immediately turned to him.

"I can't find an easy way to say this," The doctor replied solemnly, "But, our anatomy is different from yours. Rather than a stomach in that region where Kabix was wounded, there was a lung. I'm afraid that he isn't going to make it…"

Froze couldn't believe it. This shouldn't have been happening. Kabix didn't deserve this! And what's more, the poor thing was dying because of him. He glanced to Bardock and exchanged a morose nod. The two approached Kabix's bedside and looked down on the child.

Kabix opened his eyes and looked up at Froze and Bardock. He smiled. Froze couldn't stand it. The kid still had that stupid grin even when he didn't he was about to die!

"Badland, is it really true that you took down a hundred bandits in ten seconds?" the toad boy wheezed as he looked up to his saiyan idol.

"Yeah… Y-Yeah, I beat them up, kid…" Bardock replied, trying to choke back his sobs, "I beat them up with one fist tied behind my back…"

Kabix laughed weakly and shifted his gaze to look at Froze, "Thanks, Mr. Froze. It's not every day a kid gets to save his heroes…"

The toad boy closed his eyes one last time as the heart monitor's steady beep accelerated, then faded into a monotonous hum. Kabix was dead. The innkeeper's wife sobbed into her hands and her husband walked to her side of the bed to comfort her. Froze couldn't take it anymore and let his tears run; Bardock doing the same. The doctor left, knowing that these people need some time alone.

Froze tried to stop sobbing, but the tears kept coming out. He knew he had to go back and fight, but he needed to let the kid know, wherever his soul was, that now Froze would fight especially in his honor. The arcosian tried his best to keep a stern visage as he tore a long strip of fabric from the pale, white bedsheet laid over the body. He undid the bandages around the body's torso and pressed down on the wound as the parents ceased their own weeping and looked on in shock. Bardock regained his composure and, knowing what Froze was about to do, gave the arcosian an assuring nod. Froze turned back to the body and pressed down on the wound and guiding the blood from the body onto the strip of white cloth, permanently staining it purple.

"I'm surprised you know of our warriors' traditions." Bardock commented to the Froze as the shorter warrior wrapped the cloth around his neck like a scarf.

"Let's just say I studied the saiyans a lot when I was younger." Froze replied, finally having a grip on himself again, "Now, come on. We have a memory to honor and some soldiers to beat."

A/N: Well, bet none a ya'll saw that coming, didja? Next time, the Planet Fungun Arc concludes as Bardock and Froze have their final facedown with Commander Gradol! Now, for reader questions.

Q: cooooool does Froze know what a Super Saiyan Is? (firelifeblizzard)

A: Actually, no. In my headcanon, I go by the literal interpreptation of Chilled's warning. That is, "Tell my family…". As I see it, only the royal family knows about Super Saiyans.

Q: I'm also curious as to if their location is within North Galaxy space as down the line their actions could be picked up by King Kai, hence why I wonder. (Dark Lord Sigma).

A; I actually never thought about that. Though it does give me a few rather devious ideas…

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