About sixteen years later…
Name: #9
Power Level: 45,000
Rank: Mercenary, Hacker
Missions Attempted: 67
Missions Completed: 67
Missions Failed: 0
Success Rate: 100
New Physical Characteristics: Looks about four years older. Has
a long pony tail now.
Name: #8
Power Level: 44,250
Rank: Mercenary, Strategist
Missions Attempted: 67
Missions Completed: 67
Missions Failed: 0
Success Rate: 100
New Physical Characteristics: Looks about four years older. Has
long hair.
Name: Vegita
Power Level: 21,000
Rank: Mercenary, Saiyajin Prince
Missions Attempted: 107
Missions Completed: 107
Missions Failed: 0
Success Rate: 100
New Physical Characteristics: Sixteen years older. Sharper facial
features.
Name: Nappa
Power Level: 15,000
Rank: Mercenary, Former Commander of Saiyajin armies.
Missions Attempted: 138
Missions Completed: 137
Missions Failed: 1
Success Rate: 99.3
New Physical Characteristics: Lost hair.
Name: Radditz
Power Level: 8,000
Rank: Mercenary
Missions Attempted: 98
Missions Completed: 96
Missions Failed: 2
Success Rate: 97.9
New Physical Characteristics: Sixteen years older. Much taller.
Absurdly long hair.
Name: Freeza
Power Level: 150,000 (Over 700,000 hidden)
Rank: Leader of Freeza Mercenary Corps
Missions Attempted: Confidential
Missions Completed: Confidential
Missions Failed: Confidential
Success Rate: Confidential
New Physical Characteristics: None.
Name: Dodoria
Power Level: 30,000
Rank: Mercenary, Freeza's Bodyguard
Missions Attempted: Confidential
Missions Completed: Confidential
Missions Failed: Confidential
Success Rate: Confidential
New Physical Characteristics: None.
Name: Zarbon
Power Level: 30,000 (45,000 hidden)
Rank: Mercenary, Freeza's Bodyguard
Missions Attempted: Confidential
Missions Completed: Confidential
Missions Failed: Confidential
Success Rate: Confidential
New Physical Characteristics: None.
Name: Kewie
Power Level: 15,000
Rank: Mercenary
Missions Attempted: 130
Missions Completed: 120
Missions Failed: 10
Success Rate: 92.3
New Physical Characteristics: None.
Chapter 28
Another morning, another mission. Sometimes, I can't believe I've kept this up for this long. I've been here a long time. Most of my work came out of the three year period after Vegitasei. Freeza hadn't hired enough soldiers to replace the Saiyajins, and we were hard pressed to keep up with our work.
Ah well, that's long past. Might as well check the computer for a new mission. I get out of bed and turn on the computer.
Eh? Seems we do have a new mission.
To: #8 and #9
From: Lord Freeza
This mission is of the utmost importance. Planet Welthrox of the Freeza Domain has rebelled against our protection. They are very powerful fighters. Vegita, Nappa, and Radditz will accompany you two on this mission. They should arrive today. I cannot tell you about how strong they are, their power levels fluctuate. Some are only in the 5000 range, others go up to even 40,000. You two will take capsules #203 and #347 to Welthrox today. There will be other forces on the planet as well. Good luck.
-Your Employer, Lord Freeza
"Sounds damn important…" I mutter. "Uh?" I hear #8 murmur. "Get up and look at this, now." I tell #8. She doesn't even bother to dress and reads the mission.
"Shit… this is important if it requires both of us AND three Saiyajins, all high level." #8 states.
"We'd best prepare then." I reply. We both dress in our armor, strap on our swords, download necessary information, and get our scouters.
"Let's find the Saiyajins." #8 suggests. Yeah, I guess we should. We walk out of our room and search for the Saiyajins. Naturally, they were in the training area.
"So… you're here." Vegita says. Damn straight we are. Amazingly, Nappa doesn't do anything but glare at us. "Shall we get going then?" Vegita asks. "Yes. The mission sounds important." "HMPH! Forget how important the mission is. By the sound if it, it means I get a good fight." Do the Saiyajins even care about their lives?
I check the contents of our capsule. It's filled with medical equipment. "Damn, this mission is serious…" We enter our capsules and take off.
Later…
I awaken. My computer tells me it's been five days. I step out and see the Saiyajins already out and waiting. #8 is just getting out now.
"Now what?" I ask. "WE WILL CRUSH THEM LIKE THE FLIES THEY ARE!" Nappa yells. Ugh… maybe I should let him just do that, so that I'll never have to deal with him again. "SHUT UP NAPPA! The inhabitants are much more powerful than us. It'd make no sense to waste our lives so foolishly!" Vegita yells back. Seems that Saiyajins aren't brainless though.
"I suggest we go to the leader." #8 says. "He'd be guarded." Vegita retorts. "We should try and find out how well guarded the leader is." I throw in. "No. The best maneuver would be to locate the rest of Freeza's forces." Vegita tells us. He has a point, but why not do some reconnaissance work first? "… that probably would be best." #8 agrees.
"Freeza's forces have been tagged so that we can pick them up on our scouters." I inform everyone. In record time, we locate three major groups. One consisting of thirty soldiers with power levels of 7000-10,000. Another group with Dodoria and Zarbon. Finally, the third group consists of twenty more soldiers with power levels of 10,000-12,000 which is led by Kewie.
"We should meet up with Zarbon and Dodoria first." #8 suggests. "Fine. They are the highest leveled ones anyway." Vegita agrees. We then all head for Zarbon and Fatty.
On the way, we see the remnants of some cities. There seems to have been some major fighting already.
We land in front of Zarbon and Fatty. "Why are you here?" Fatty asks, pointing at me. "Because I can kick your ass, that's why. We're here to do a mission, not bicker. I'll torture you AFTER the mission." I respond coldly.
"Zarbon, what is the status of the mission so far?" Vegita asks. "So far we have seized several of the smaller cities, but all of the major capitals remain in the hands of our enemy. We have lost three groups out of seven, including you, since this operation began." Zarbon informs all of us.
Ouch. This is a difficult mission. "We're planning to seize another city shortly. One of the capitals. Your cooperation would be a great help." Zarbon states. "We will help." I quickly reply.
"Good. By tomorrow morning, all of our forces will join together to assault the capital of SchwarzTeufel." Zarbon tells us.
"What are you doing in the meantime?" #8 asks. "Scouting and waiting." Zarbon replies.
"We can start now. Tell the forces to gather now!" Vegita demands. "Prince Vegita, SchwarzTeufel is practically a stronghold. And other forces are currently engaged." Zarbon explains. "I don't care what it takes. Get the forces gathered as soon as possible. They must have noticed that us five have landed. By tomorrow their security will be tightened, making it harder to take the city." Vegita reasons.
"I'd have to agree with Vegita on that." #8 says. "…very well. It does make sense. But it will be hard to pull this off." "Just do it."
"Squadrons one and five, report!" Zarbon calls into the scouter. "Squad one. What is it?" "Squad two, we're currently engaged." I hear Kewie say over my scouter. We're all linked to the same frequency. "Squad one, move to our location now. What is your status Squad two?" "We're almost done with this battle. But they've set up a strong defense." "Ignore that. Disengage and move to our location. We're going to take SchwarzTeufel today." "Roger. Squad five out." "Squad one, out."
Good. I take a look around. All I can get information on is the perimeter guards of SchwarzTeufel, which is twenty miles away. I read 30,000 on each guard. "Vegita, while it may be wise to attack before they tighten their security, all of their perimeter guards are at 30,000. And who knows what they've got inside their capital." I question. "Don't worry…" Radditz says "We've got tricks of our own." Whatever.
Three hours later…
Squads one and five have gathered here with us. "So… what's the plan?" Kewie asks Zarbon. Vegita steps in before Zarbon can answer "Radditz, Nappa, and I will start the assault. We will attack on three different sides. Afterwards, #8, #9, Zarbon, and Dodoria will follow me. Squad one follows Nappa and squad five follows Radditz." "Who put you in charge?" asks Kewie.
"No one did. But Vegita's plan should work." Zarbon interjects. "You all heard! Get moving to your positions!" Zarbon orders.
"I don't know what the hell you're planning on, but it better be good." I tell Vegita as we move into position. "Trust me, it'll be good." Vegita replies.
Fifteen minutes later…
"Are all people in their positions?" Zarbon asks. Everybody confirms that they are. "Good! Start the assault!" Zarbon orders.
All of a sudden, Vegita charges up a white ki ball, and flings it into the air.
SHIT! I know what he's gonna do now! This is what Bardock was working on all those years ago.
Vegita stares into the bright light, and starts transforming into a giant ape. I see two more like Vegita in the distance.
Vegita is now at 210,000, Nappa's at 150,000. and Radditz ranks 80,000. The three apes stomp forward and tear at the defenses.
Explosions fill the air as beams hit the capital, several of the perimeter guards are killed.
"Remaining soldiers, ready? ATTACK!" Zarbon yells into the scouter radio. Zarbon transforms, and all four of us rush forward.
We spread throughout the remaining buildings of the interior city, and start killing all the high level people we can.
I'm now alone inside a military base. Everyone inside averages about 15,000. Luckily, they aren't all in one group and I'm able to handle them all swiftly.
Strangely, they all look like humans. Whatever. The only thing distinguishable is that they all wear the older black versions of the standard armor.
"Status report!" I hear Zarbon say over the radio. "Few casualties in squad one." "Same for squad five." Kewie reports. "I'm fine." #8 says. "I'm fine Zarbon!" Dodoria says gruffly. "No injuries." I report.
"Good! I have located the capital building, I'm sending the location to all of you. While the Saiyajins handle the rest of the city, we will attack the capital building. Is that clear?" Zarbon orders. Everyone agrees.
I head for the location immediately.
Everyone has gathered. "EVERYONE! Spread out around the building!" Zarbon orders.
"Now the shit hits the fan…" #8 mutters. She had no idea how appropriate those words were. Mere seconds after muttering them, guards start flowing out of the building, several ranking around 30,000, but most around 15,000.
"We are a sovereign planet! Stop your assault and leave us in peace. Or we will be forced to retaliate!" the head guard demands. He ranks at 33,000. "NEVER!" Zarbon yells out. "You had attacked Freeza's forces on this planet. Your independence is forgivable, but we will make you pay for attacking Freeza directly!"
At that, both armies collide. Zarbon, still in his transformed state, leaps forward and attacks the leader of the guards.
I have my own problems though. Several guards rush me and I have to maneuver to take them on one at a time.
The first guard swings at me, I duck and bring my sword up through his chest. Another guard attacks me from behind, I stab her through the throat.
I leap in the air as two guards try to tackle me. Charging up some ki, I blast one guard away and the other leaps after me. He swings at me, misses, and I kick the guy in the ribs, forcing him to keel over. I then decapitate him.
Three beams hit me from behind. I charge up some more ki, whirl around, and blast two guards.
I jump down to the ground and cleave two more guards in half. A strong beam hits my right side, and I get knocked over to my left. Five guards try to jump me, but I slide under them and stab one of them through the back.
Damn, this is annoying. I see the apes destroying more buildings off in the distance. Yeah, you have your fun.
I stab two more guards and kick off a third into the air. Four guards leap after me. I cut down one and dodge ki blasts from the other three.
I swing blindly and cut off the hand of one of the guards. He screams loudly and the other two rush me.
Two feet barely miss my head as I fly backwards. I stab one guard in the gut and cut another across the chest hitting several vital organs.
Someone kicks me in my back. I backhand the person in the head without looking. The guard grabs her skull and flies backwards.
Hmm… most of the guards seem to be ignoring me right now. Time to try out a new technique.
I start building up all the ki I can and place it in my sword. Soon as I'm done, I flip the blade tip down, and fling it into the building.
The blade stabs into the ground and makes a large explosion, killing several of the guards still within the building.
I rush forward to retrieve my sword. Two 30,000 level guards stand in my way. They rush me, but I kick one in the head and dodge the other. I continue forward, and use my ki to make my sword fly into my hands.
The second guard grabs me from behind. I slam my skull into his and then stab the sword into his stomach.
I survey the area. While fighting valiantly, the warriors of this planet are losing to our forces. Not to mention they are now disorganized since Zarbon has killed the leader of this group of guards.
The native soldiers start to retreat.
No they don't. I start charging up my Bloody Eraser. Soon as I'm ready, I fire forward and disintegrate a good number of retreating soldiers, and injure several more.
The rest of our armies dash forward to take prisoners, or execute them, either one.
Everyone except Zarbon, Dodoria, #8, and I.
Zarbon transforms back to his normal form.
"What now?" I ask Zarbon. "It looks like it's handled here." Zarbon replies. "Squads one and five! As soon as you finish off any wounded enemies, take the rest of this city. Squad leaders! Use your best judgement, but stay away from the Saiayjin!" Zarbon commands.
"Now, us four will attack this building." Zarbon says, pointing at the building I previously damaged. "Fine by me. But instead of destroying this building, we should first look for valuable information." #8 suggests.
"No, that is unneeded. We'll just level the building." Fatty says. "No, she has a point Dodoria. We will search for any valuable information while killing any non Freeza soldiers." Zarbon counters.
"It's settled then. #8 and I will go together while you and Fatty will go in another pair." I tell Zarbon. "Fine."
#8 and I take the east wing of the building.
All of the guards in the building had exited to fight us outside near the end of the battle. So there was no opposition, and we just killed everyone else cleanly.
We didn't find much, but we did find this was one of the most guarded cities on this planet. The only city guarded more than this one is the main capital of the planet. #8 and I rallied back to the entrance.
Zarbon and Dodoria were waiting. "Find anything?" Zarbon asks. "Nothing except that this is the second most guarded city." I respond. "I found that each major city has a head of local military. That was the leader of the guards I fought." Zarbon informs us. "Good. Now lets waste this building." Fatty says.
We charge up beams and just level the damned thing.
"Wait… instead of demolishing this base completely, we could use this as a temporary base." #8 offers.
"It's not too late, the Saiyajins have been working mostly on the interior." Zarbon replies. He then reaches upwards and shoots out the ki ball in the sky made by Vegita.
"All squadrons! This city will be our temporary base of operations. For the next few days, we will work on patching up the defenses. Is that clear?" Zarbon orders. Everyone agrees.
Chapter 29
After wasting the rest of the natives, we worked on rebuilding the defenses. Luckily, we only had three major holes to patch up. We all started melting concrete with our ki, reshaping it, and using it as cement blocks. Afterwards, we'd melt the blocks again to seal it together.
It's not exactly an architectural masterpiece, but it will hold.
We're also working on rebuilding the ki shield, so that one ki blast won't waste a large section of a wall.
Also, we dragged all of our capsules over to a large hanger in the city. For practical purposes we tore down the roof of it.
Damn… just by the fact we're making a base means that this will be a long mission. It's now the second day after the siege of SchwarzTeufel.
Two more groups of soldiers have arrived, squadrons eight and nine. They're just two groups of fourty soldiers ranging around 10,000 each.
Sometimes, I wonder why Freeza is working so hard to capture this planet. I always come to the same conclusion. This is a planet full of very powerful soldiers, if they're going to leave Freeza, Freeza wants them dead. The fact that they attacked Freeza's army here is just a convenient excuse.
We've had a few skirmishes with the natives trying to retake this city, but nothing huge yet.
Currently, we live in the 'Building of Operations'. This sucker has four floors and is mostly intact. The first floor is the planning room, where we all argue over the best course of action. Saiyajins live on the second floor. Zarbon and Dodoria get the third floor. And finally, #8 and I grabbed floor number four.
"So… how's the ki shield doing?" #8 asks Zarbon. "Almost ready…" "Good." Vegita replies. Vegita has proved to be quite the little strategist, while all Nappa's proved is that whenever we discuss strategy he should be kicked out.
"How long is this mission expected to last?" I ask. "Eh… I don't really know." Zarbon replies. Well, it's a truthful answer at least. On a side note, Zarbon and I have gotten together quite well during this mission. I like the man, he's competent.
"What's our next target going to be?" I throw out. "It should be the capital, that way the rest of the planet will be weakened with a lack of organization." Vegita answers. "Why not waste the weaker cities, therefore weakening their forces bit by bit?" #8 argues. "We should do a combination of both." Zarbon interjects "We can attack several smaller cities to draw out forces, then regroup and attack the capital." "But how do we know they'll use soldiers from the capital?" I ask.
"We have to do something!" Zarbon says. "If we sit back and do nothing, they can regroup and attack us even stronger than normally." "So, let's just attack smaller cities to keep them on their toes until we can come up with a better plan." I suggest.
"Done!" Zarbon agrees. "But for now we need to work on stabilizing the rest of this base." Zarbon reminds us.
"Well, let's get to work then!" I say. We all get up and prepare for work. Another thing I like, none of this high up official crap. We get down and do the grunt work like everyone else when needed.
"#9! Get that transmitter working while the rest of us set up the machinery!" Zarbon orders. Sigh… one thing that sucks is that I'm practically the only technician here. Some of these people need multiple talents.
I look down at the large mess of wires. Oh joy.
Five hours later…
"Got that transmitter working?" Zarbon asks. "Almost damnit!" I yell back. Just need to connect these wires… there! Man, that was a fucking mess. No use complaining though. "All done Zarbon!" "Good. Start up the shields!" Zarbon commands.
There's a large humming noise and the shields go up. "Now… for the ultimate test…" I mutter. I leap up into the air, go around the shield, and shoot a fairly strong ki blast at the wall. Blocked. Perfect…
That's great… only three more to go now…
Twelve or so hours later…
FINALLY! The damn transmitters are all working and the shields are up! "That's more than enough for today! Everyone's dismissed!" Zarbon tells us all.
"Those skills of yours have come in handy #9, I'm not sure what we'd do without them." "Don't lie, you'd just all go the old fashioned way and leap city to city wasting 'em all." I reply to Zarbon's praise. Zarbon grins "True…".
I walk back to our temporary home. #8 meets with me on the way.
"Hey #9! Heard you have the shields up." She'd been working on reconstructing walls all day. "Yeah. The cool thing is that they can't shoot in, but we can shoot out at them!" #8 grins evilly.
We decide just to walk around the city instead of going to our room. Every now and then, I hear the noise of enemy scouts being shot down. I can see the flashes too, since it turned dark a long while ago. This planet runs on 26 hour day cycles.
After a while, we just sit down in the ruins of a destroyed building.
"We're gonna be here a while…" I mutter for no real reason at all. "Yeah, this is one bitch of a mission." #8 agrees.
I lay down on the rubble and start playing catch with myself using a small piece of concrete. "I wonder how long it'll be before the natives muster up a major counter attack. I know it has to happen some time soon." #8 states. "I don't know. Probably within the next few days though." I reply.
All of a sudden, a question comes to me. I don't know why I thought it, but might as well ask. "Hey, #8, have any idea what I was like before Gero turned me into an android?" I ask. #8 stares at me for a second. "Why do you want to know?" "Just curious. Is there something wrong?" "No… it's just that you've never seemed to care about it up 'till now, that's all." #8 replies.
"Well, I'll tell you, I guess." #8 starts. "I can't tell you much though, it's not like I knew you well or anything." "I know." #8 shrugs. "Basically, I was under orders from Gero to find someone suitable enough for his work. Stamina was what he was looking for. I only listened to Gero because I had no one else to listen to, no matter how much I disagreed with the Doctor. Well, after a while, I found you. I was just spying on several people, to see if they measure up. Stamina definitely seemed to be your strong point. I watched you get in a fight with some idiots…" #8 paused a moment, trying to remember the moment it seems.
"It was rather funny, actually. One guy walked up and socked you in the face. You just shrugged it off like it was nothing, which it did seem to be. The guy got all frustrated and backhanded you across the face. This time you laughed at him. He got so pissed off, that he just started to attack you all out. This time you did fight back. The guy got in a few hits, but it didn't bother you one bit. You pounded his ass in no time. After watching this, all of the other guys just ran off…" #8 smiles.
"That's when I dropped down to retrieve you. From what I saw, you're very similar to who you were before you were turned into an android. Stubborn as hell and had balls, but your frustration showed a tad more easily. I basically told you to come with me. Of course, you just asked why. I said you had no choice, but you kept insisting I answer you. Finally, I got tired of that and just walked forward to get you. You didn't trust me too much. I can tell because you tried to fight me, but I knocked you down with a small ki blast. Then I dragged you off to the secret laboratory. Dr.Gero was there and waiting. Surprisingly, you were still conscious from that ki blast. What happened after that, I'll never forget…" #8 says with a grin.
"You actually had the balls to run up, sock Gero right in the face, and bolt as I check to see that he's alright. I wasn't really checking to see how he was so much as I was just shocked by what you did. Most people would have been shitting their pants by then. I tracked you down quickly though." #8's voice seemed to take a tone of admiration now.
"Even though I had you trapped, you still wanted to know who I was. I told you, and you laughed your ass of at the name and cracked a joke at Gero. Well, it seemed you weren't going quietly, so I shot you through the shoulder. Even though you staggered, you didn't fall. And as I knocked you out, you still glared at me in defiance…" #8 ends, reminiscing.
"Damn, good story #8." I reply after a short while of silence. She grins "Thanks.".
"But you know, you were the one who really got me thinking of rebellion against Gero. I didn't like the place much, but I didn't have much else, you know? Then you came along, and got some thoughts going in my head. Your defiance rubbed off on me. Why should we listen to Gero? Don't we have the right to live our own lives? You got me looking at the bigger picture. Not what I had going now, but what would happen later." #8 goes on.
"You always look ahead, #9. Maybe a bit too much, but it's better than being stuck in the present. What's next? What will happen now? It still doesn't bother me too much about that whole thing with Vegitasei, but you seem to see things I just don't. While I was just shrugging it off as another loss, you took that and looked ahead at what that could mean for us." #8 says.
"Nah, I just think too much #8. When I was thinking of Vegitasei all those years back, it was more like paranoia. Sure, I think of the future, but I do it way too much." I reply.
"It'd be better to be paranoid than to be blind to the possibilities." #8 argues back. I shrug.
"The thing is though, even though at times you would look so far into the future, other times you would seem to shrug it off. You always seem to know what's worth worrying about and what's not." "I just go with what I feel. You do the same thing, it's just that you think the present is more important than the future." I reply to #8.
"Look, that's the way you're meant to be #8. There's a reason why you're a strategist and I'm not. A strategist needs to look a bit into the future, yes, but also needs to keep his or her mind in the present and on task as well. If one looks too far into the future, they will worry too much, try to come up with a plan for all things that could go wrong, and ultimately fuck everything over." I tell #8.
"There aren't always bonuses to looking into the future. Just look at Bardock. He looked too far and it drove him to insanity." I finish.
#8 looks a bit sad for a second. "I never could figure what happened to him." she states. "Neither could I. He could have just lost it, or maybe he really was cursed with seeing the future. We'll never know." "Yeah, you're right." #8 agrees.
We stay there and talk for the rest of the night…
Chapter 30
Huh? Oh yeah, we stayed outside for the night. I guess we fell asleep out here. I get up and stretch. #8 wakes up shortly after and does the same.
"You know, rubble is very uncomfortable, I'll remember to never sleep amongst it again given the choice." I mutter. #8 grins at my misfortune.
"We should head back to the main building." #8 states. We both leave immediately.
"Where were you two?" Zarbon asks. "What does it matter?" I throw back. Zarbon shrugs. "It doesn't. But you're just in time for some breakfast. Interested?" Zarbon asks. Well, we haven't eaten in a while, might as well.
We have some eggs, sausage, and water. Sausage is actually quite rare for a mission like this, but a group of soldiers found a large storage of supplies in the city that were undamaged. So we decided to use them. Luckily, Zarbon is a magnificent cook.
All of a sudden, alarms go off! "DAMNIT!" Zarbon curses loudly. We all rush outside immediately. "What the hell is going on!" Zarbon asks over the radio. "The natives have gathered up a large assault army and are now attacking the base on the west side. They have us surrounded and will be attacking all other sides shortly!" someone replies. Damn…
"Ok. Here's the plan. You" Zarbon points at me " and #8 will go to the North wall. You three" pointing at the Saiyajins "Will guard the West wall. Dodoria and I will take the South wall while squads five and one take the East wall. All other remaining squads, divide up your soldiers as even in possible into four large groups and distribute one to each wall!" Zarbon orders. Everyone agrees and rushes to position.
Within minutes, #8 and I reach the North wall. Shortly after, about thirty soldiers line up at our position.
#8 looks at all of them and starts assigning positions.
The attack begins.
#8 and I stand together on the upper wall and snipe off everyone we can. They find quickly they can't get through MY ki shield! Damned straight!
Hell, this is pretty easy, even though a lot of these guys are around at least 10,000 power level wise. Unfortunately, the shield can only block so much. The stronger ki beams start coming through.
Bad turns to worse as a stray beam hits my precious transmitter. The shield falls completely.
The enemy rushes us and we are soon engaged in a fight for our lives. Twenty soldiers rush at #8 and I. Seems we have a reputation.
I cut one in half, kick another in the throat, punch another's gut, and decapitate a fourth before five others tackle me.
Damn bastards! A fist barely misses my face, and I knee the soldier on top of me in the balls. Hey, when it's kill or be killed, hit 'em where it hurts!
I immediately leap to my feet, slash a native in the chest, and kick another in the stomach.
Seven beams hit me in my left side, blowing away a chunk of my armor. I stagger to the side. Charging up my sword, I leap at the soldiers who shot me and disintegrate them with a powerful ki explosion.
I take a look around me. Our men are dropping like flies. "ZARBON! Can you read me? Zarbon!" I yell into my radio. "I'm here!" Zarbon yells over the sound of fighting. "Is there anybody who can give me some backup?" "Negative! Everyone is fighting all out and no one can spare a single man!" DAMNIT! "Fine. I'm out!"
Damn, this is real bad. I start charging up my Bloody Eraser, my most effective beam to date. Soon as it's done, I fire into the biggest crowd of enemy soldiers. I kill at least fifty soldiers, but more keep pouring in!
I cover for #8 as she starts charging up her beam. After a few minutes of slashing down natives, she fires and kills about forty enemy soldiers. Yet, there are still way more than that. Almost all of our men are gone now.
"DAMNIT! We need backup NOW!" I practically scream into my radio while fending off five soldiers. "We can't spare anyone!" Zarbon yells back. "Well, then you're about to lose the North wall! Almost all of our soldiers are dead here, and #8 and I defiantly can't hold off over a hundred of these natives!" "Hold your position for as long as you can!" Zarbon orders and then cuts off the transmission.
I start throwing out several powerful ki blasts and cut down several more natives while #8 uses her 'machine-gunning' technique to take out a bunch of them.
The wall I'm standing on collapses, and I have to fly into the air.
In the distant background, I hear the sounds of the Saiayjins transforming into their 'Oozaru' form they called it.
"Saiyajins! Split up and help out the rest of the forces as soon as possible!" I hear Zarbon order over the scouter radio.
Great, so we just have to hold off for another five to ten more minutes.
Unfortunately, the way things are going we'd be lucky to hold off for three more minutes!
"ALL REMAINING SOLDIERS! FALL BACK!" I order to everyone under my command. We start falling back while still firing on the opposing forces.
Well, at least their forces are diminishing right now. But we wouldn't be able to hold them all off.
"FWOOSH!" A huge beam flies past us and into the enemy, killing off their entire front line. About time one of them got here. Seems we might stand a chance now.
Since their front line is gone, we have some time to charge up our strongest beams.
By the time the rest of the soldiers got to the wall, #8 and I unleashed our beams while the Saiyajin ape shot another of it's huge beams into the army. I've never seen a more satisfying explosion in my life. The entire army is wasted here. But not at a low cost.
"North wall is clear. Orders?" I ask over the radio. "Hold your position, the rest of the area is under control." Zarbon orders.
Chapter 31
Thirty minutes later…
The opposing armies have been defeated. Now we get to work on the shields again.
"Whew, glad that's over…" I mutter to Zarbon. He looks distressed. "What's wrong?" "I'm not sure if that's all of them… there could be a second wave." "Eh… I sure hope not." I reply.
Only a hour later, the second wave hits. We hadn't even been able to put up a single ki shield!
"INCOMING!" a sentry yells out. Everyone gets into formation.
This time, there's nothing to keep them from just rushing us, so that's exactly what they did. I ended up fighting groups by the dozens. Too many to hold off.
"FALL BACK!" Zarbon orders. We start falling back, but it's to no avail.
I cut down two natives in one slice and kick another through the chest. Five more slam into my back. Damn, I fly upwards and shoot down fifteen soldiers with a 'continuous beam' (When fired, it just keeps going for a long while). Six beams hit me in the gut. My armor is completely torn off now and I have nothing on but a shredded jumpsuit.
Nobody else is doing much better. All of our soldiers have died except #8, Zarbon, Dodoria, Nappa, Radditz, Vegita, Kewie, a few soldiers, and I. That leaves about twelve people against three hundred soldiers.
"RETREAT TO THE HANGAR!" Zarbon orders. We just bolt.
Sadly, the enemy doesn't seem to share our opinion of leaving. They rush at us even more furiously than before.
They attack us like a swarm of locusts on the new year's crop. I cut down several of them, but they keep coming.
They fall from the skies, pour through the walls, rocket from the ground. They're everywhere.
They're the bees in their hive and we just hit it with a stick.
Our retreat is cut off almost immediately. "Zarbon… I hate to be pessimistic, but we're fucked." I tell him morosely. "There's nothing to do but fight it out…" Zarbon says.
"When we're dead, what do we care of their planet? Fuck their planet… fuck it…" I mutter over and over while charging up a Bloody Eraser.
"Uh… #9. You aren't snapping on me… right?" #8 asks.
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. All I know is, we're dead, and if we're gonna die… FUCK THESE BASTARDS! THEY'RE COMING WITH!" I scream. I throw every ounce of power I have into the Bloody Eraser. Soon as I charge it up to it's fullest, I let loose on the surrounding area.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" #8 screams. "SHHHHHHHHIIIIIIINNNNNNEEEEEEE!" I scream at the enemy.
"GO DAMNIT!" I scream at everyone else while I continue to fuel my beam. They back off, but still don't leave. That is, except #8 who stays at my side.
"DAMNIT #9! What are you doing!" "Buying time and killing off as many of these fuckers as possible." I respond. "You'll die if you do that." "Shut up… I won't die." I mutter back.
The ground starts cracking, and soldiers die. But the majority holds on to dear life. "DAMNED FLEAS!" I yell.
I throw a final large amount of my power, bursting through my beam and making a huge explosion. The area is totally wasted, there's a huge crater, and soldiers have died by the dozen. But even after that, there are still enemies at large. There are just simply too many.
After that beam, I have no ki left. Feh… never ran across this. I guess ki is separate from your physical body. Even though I should feel no fatigue, I'm drained. I've never thrown this much power into a single attack my entire life. All of a sudden, the area seems to darken…
"#9!" Someone near me screams as I plummet to the ground.
Chapter 32
I wake up in some rubble. What happened? Then, all of my memories slam into my mind at full force.
Then… where am I?
I figure it out quickly. I'm on the battlefield, seems I've been given up as dead. Strange enough, I remain oblivious to the sounds of fighting. It's as if it isn't happening. Why this is, I don't know.
I walk around a bit, taking a look at my 'handiwork'. Maybe this is a side effect of excessive ki usage, I don't know or care.
Then I find out why I'm acting so strange. I simply don't care. Why are we fighting? We're dead anyway. It's so much easier just to curl up in a little ball and die…
NO! I shouldn't think like that! I force myself back to reality.
The sounds of battle seem a little less intense than before… That's because it's further off.
Near the Hangar! I fly there at full speed.
I notice Vegita is in his Oozaru form, but even he's having a hard time keeping the enemy at bay. The Hangar… might as well see the inside.
Damn… doesn't look good at all. #8, Zarbon, and Nappa are knocked out, or dead. I don't want to think of the latter possibility.
"Eh? You!" Huh? I spin around quickly. It's just Dodoria.
"I thought you were dead for sure. A shame…" Dodoria jokes with a grin. How can anyone joke now? Then again, it keeps up morale.
"What's happened?" I demand. "We're trying to get out of here right now." Dodoria says briskly.
"Your beam helped us escape…" I hear Radditz say from behind me.
"Really?" I ask. "Yeah, after that happened, all of the enemy seemed unsure of what to do. Seems they lost their balls when you fired that one off. We used that time to escape. We made it here, but the enemy finally caught up. Vegita is holding off the enemy while we load up everyone into their capsules." Radditz explains. "What about Kewie?" "He bolted a while back." Figures.
Well, gee… now I feel all special and important. No need for those feelings now though.
I walk over, pick up #8, and put her in her capsule. She's badly injured. Has a three inch hole in her upper gut, left arm is dislocated, and her right leg twisted.
Dodoria and Radditz load up the rest.
"Ok! We've loaded 'em all up, time to get the hell out!" I yell at the others.
"You guys get in your capsules while I alert Vegita." I order. "Who made you the leader?" Dodoria questions. "The fact that I'm the only one with a plan now and that I can kick your ass. Now go!" I yell.
I run outside. "VEGITA!" The ape cocks his head at me. "We're ready, let's get going!" I yell. Vegita grumbles something and shoots out the 'moon'.
Immediately, we run back to the capsules. Well, seems Dodoria listened after all. "Help me out here!" I order Vegita as I wheel out the capsules.
Soon as we get into a clearing, the capsules take off. "Time to get off ourselves." I mutter. Vegita boards his capsule, and I prepare to do the same when a strong beam hits me in the gut. I lose my balance and topple over.
"Son of a bitch…" I mumble under my breath. Another beam pierces my leg. I leap up and fly to my capsule while firing my own beams at my assailants. Finally, I make it to my capsule and close it up. I set the coordinates and take off…
Chapter 33
I wake up and try to get up. Damnit, my leg is injured. I'd forgotten about that. Someone opens my capsule for me.
And I have no idea who the hell it is. Probably a medical technician. She puts out her hand, I grab it and pull myself out of the capsule. Then I just float up and sit on top of my capsule.
Seems I'm the fourth out. Vegita and Radditz are walking away dragging Nappa behind them.
Damn, I'd been too caught up to notice their power increase. Vegita is 30,000, Nappa is 23,000, and Radditz is 15,000.
"Come on, you need a tank." the female tech who helped me said that. I don't respond, but watch as they pull out #8 from her capsule. Shortly after, I follow to the regeneration tanks.