Chapter 7: Freedom
Slug's hand maintained a tough grip upon Saiyaman's neck. The superhero struggled to fight back, but his fading consciousness made it difficult. As he was blacking out, he heard Piccolo scream in his head. Gohan, you have got to fight back!
He summoned all of his remaining strength and jabbed Slug in the middle of his exposed neck. Slug gagged and let go of Saiyaman to clutch his hurting neck. Saiyaman used this opportunity to catch his breath.
Are you okay Gohan? The teenager tried to concentrate on both breathing and thinking. I think so. I don't think I'm going to pass out now. He remembered something had wanted to ask Piccolo. Who is this guy? Do you know him?
Piccolo became silent. Slug regained his composure and began to walk towards Saiyaman looking furious. Saiyaman realized that he wasn't getting an answer and began to engage Slug in combat. The two exchanged blows on the ground, before Slug extended his arm to grab a trash can. He chucked the trash can at the hero before jumping into the air. Saiyaman easily moved around the attack, but was hit by an extended punch thrown by Slug.
He blocked the second punch and realized that Slug had suspended himself in the air and was throwing extended punches. While maneuvering around them Gohan heard Piccolo speak. Yes. I do know the being you are fighting. The Namekian you are fighting… Is me.
Saiyaman dodged a punch aimed for his head and caught his arm with an elbow and knee combination, which seemed to make him angry. What do you mean I'm fighting you? I saw you sitting in that cave. Slug isn't you. The superhero knocked away one of Slug's fists and grabbed on to his attempted counter. He then pulled the arm over his shoulder to throw Slug with all of this might.
Slug hit the ground hard and subconsciously tried to retract his arm, but Saiyaman lifted off of the ground and rode the arm to land a kick to Slug's head. The alien flew back from the kick but was stopped by a conveniently placed pickup truck.
While that Namekian is by no means me, he used to be me. Slug climbed out of the truck bed and glared at the hero. In order to rid myself of the evil I once had, I split it off into another completely separate body. That creature was consumed by evil and could barely function correctly. I had thought him dead.
Slug spit on to the ground. "It seems as though fighting you is a waste of time. I guess I'll have to use this." Slug's face changed to concentrated. Saiyaman prepared himself for an attack. It never came. Instead, Gohan's mind became filled with cruel images and painful scenes. Saiyaman fell to his knees, clutching his head.
What is going on? Why is my head suddenly on fire? What are these scenes? Pain filled Saiyaman's mind. He witnessed people dying miserable deaths. He even witnessed his own death in multiple ways.As quick as it began, it stopped, and Saiyaman trembled back on his feet, panting from fear. What was that? What did I see?
Slug looked at him confused. "What the?" He then realized something. "He must be protecting you. Revolting." Saiyaman realized that he must be talking about Piccolo. Piccolo must be protecting me from whatever Slug just did. I need to act fast. He rolled up the sleeves on his shirt to lessen the heat. One of us will get heat stroke before long.
Saiyaman sprang into action. He closed the distance between him and Slug in a heartbeat and launched into an offensive strategy. He had learned from his mistake of attacking Slug's head, and concentrated on nailing as many straight body blows as he could. Slug blocked what he could before picking up on his enemy's strategy. The Namekian knocked away a jab aimed at his stomach and nailed Saiyaman in the gut. The two then continued to trade blows. After dodging what felt to be Saiyaman's tenth straight kick, Slug propelled himself into the air.
Saiyaman watched the Namekian glide up in the air. During Slug's ascent, he noticed the Namekian bobble a bit in the air before righting himself and clutching his head. What was that? He was not able to dwell on it as Slug yelled down at him. "Alright human! You have pushed me far enough. Now, I am definitely going to squish you!"
The Namekian yelled into the sky and Saiyaman noticed with dread that Slug appeared to be getting larger. Piccolo decided to reenter Gohan's mind.Slug seems to have stopped his attempts at attacking your mind. I will continue to guide you now.
Piccolo! What is Slug trying to do? Slug had now grown to be the size of a small house and was still growing.We Namekians can extend our bodies with much more freedom than other lifeforms. Right now, he is doing this expansion for his entire body. It is a very dangerous strategy, but very deadly.
Well what am I supposed to do about this? His punch could take out a city block!
Piccolo did not answer him immediately. Slug had appeared to reach his full height, standing well over some of the smaller buildings. His clothes had somehow still managed to cover the Namekian. He looked down at Saiyaman with glee. "Well Saiyaman? Who is the insect now?" He however did not let his enemy answer and raised his foot to step on Saiyaman. The superhero sprang into action and flew away from Slug's foot.
Saiyaman decided that the best place to be was in the air. He dodged a punch from Slug and positioned himself above Slug. He then decided to evaluate his options. He's obviously powerful. His speed doesn't seem to have diminished greatly. So what do I do?
Slug glared at the fly buzzing around his head. He then pushed off the ground which created a shockwave that blew objects on the ground around. He flew at Saiyaman intending on tackling his enemy. Saiyaman hesitated for a moment and wasn't able to dodge Slug's massive shoulder. The impact jarred Saiyaman to his bones. The teenager flew through the air and crashed into an apartment building, the wall caving slightly.
Saiyaman opened his eyes to see Slug's hummer-sized fist coming at him. He erased his hesitation and pushed off of the wall to avoid Slug's fist. He then flew straight toward the behemoth intending on bringing the offensive. He pushed off of Slug's bicep and landed a flying uppercut to Slug's chin.
Slug staggered back on the ground and tripped over a heroic truck. Saiyaman waited for his opponent to get up while he shook his arm in pain. Ugh. That punch almost dislocated my shoulder. I've got to do something else. He then became aware of a liquid covering his body that wasn't his sweat. Ew. Is this Slug's sweat? He must be pouring. Wait a minute. Saiyaman remembered that Dende had expressed his displeasure of the heat. He could pass out from the heat.
Saiyaman realized how great of an idea that was. This heat must be killing Slug. In those clothes and his large size he must be exhausted.
Saiyaman yelled down his enemy. "Hey! I bet that size has made you slow and dumb! Try and catch me!" He then blasted into the sky in a streak of gold. Slug sneered and followed into the air. Saiyaman flew higher than he had ever before, reaching well over the cirrus clouds. Now he won't have any shade.
Slug joined the teenager in the air. "Done running kid?" Saiyaman just smiled then responded by flying toward the giant. Slug tried to intercept his flight with a punch, but the hero dodged the punch and punched the Namekian in the inside of his elbow. I've got to attack the places that are weak no matter strength or size. As long as he doesn't hit me, I'm fine. I'll just tire him out.
Slug grunted at the pain done to his nerves, but continued to try and swat the fly out of the air. He threw more swipes, but Saiyaman dodged them all by a hair. After one swipe, Saiyaman made an attempt to do the same trick on Slug's elbow, but Slug anticipated it and grabbed him in his right hand. Slug smiled with glee at his accomplishment and tightened his grip on the poor boy.
Saiyaman struggled to get free of the giant's hand, but Slug's grip was iron tight. "Finally! Human, your time has come. After you are dead, the whole Earth will fall under the boot of Lord Slug." Slug then began to clench his hand to crush Saiyaman to death. The teenager struggled against the pressure. I've got to get out! He'll crush me!
He somehow noticed that Slug's massive hand was also covered in sweat. If I just… The teenager reacted quickly. He began to switch all of his efforts into twisting around in Slug's hand. His spinning combined with the slickness of Slug's hand caused Saiyaman to rocket out of Slug's grip like a torpedo, propelled by the very force the giant was applying.
The teenager righted himself in midair and couldn't stop the smile that appeared on his face as he caught his breath.
Slug just looked even more pissed. "You insignificant little…" He then charged again at the hero. The two then engaged in another brawl. Slug managed to backhand Saiyaman through the air. Saiyaman caught Slug in the side of his midsection after Slug through a sloppy punch. The two exchanged blows for a few moments.
Slug lifted his leg to knee Saiyaman, but the hero anticipated the blow and leaped with its force to attack the giant's head. He landed a punch to Slug's cheek and followed with a hook to Slug's temple. The concentrated force dazed Slug and made him fall a few meters in the sky. He righted himself in the air and looked back up at the glowing human.
He then got a confused look on his face and said, "What the? How are you making clones of yourself? What are you doing?"
Saiyaman looked around the air and didn't see anyone. He must be hallucinating. Slug then clutched his head and started to fall back to earth.
Saiyaman realized that he could crush someone if he fell back to the city and flew down after him. He reached Slug's underside and tried to slow its descent. Saiyaman strained his muscles trying to slow down the massive dead load. He glanced down at the city to see the earth slowing approaching him. It forced him to put all of his effort into flying up and began to notice some deceleration.
Saiyaman saw the ground coming to meet them and let go of Slug to move out of the way. He shot away as fast as he could and ended up flying into the ground and tumbled across the road. He couldn't quite stop the falling creature, but slowed him enough to prevent him from smashing a building. Instead Slug laid across a few buildings as if he had passed out on the street after drinking too much at a bar.
Gohan was seriously starting to worry about his sanity. The head blows could catch up to him.
Saiyaman stared up at the passed out Namekian for a moment to observe movement, but luckily the giant stayed unconscious. Saiyaman allowed exhaustion to overcome him and laid back on the ground to think about his next move. What do I do with Slug? It's not like we can put him in jail. I can't just leave him somewhere on Earth either… His thoughts were interrupted by a voice.
"Saiyaman!" The hero sat up to look for the source of the voice and ended up face to face with two blue eyes. "Miss Videl! I thought I told you to stay away from the fight." Videl glared at him, before saying, "You told me to help people around here. From where I was, you looked either passed out or dead. Don't blame me."
Saiyaman had the grace to look sheepish. Without recognizing it, he started to rub the back of his head with his hand. "Uh yeah. I guess I did. Sorry about that." Videl noticed the gesture and realized that it looked familiar. What the…? She derailed herself from that train of thought when she noticed the giant green humanoid laying across some buildings like a drunk.
Looking at the glowing hero in front of her she asked, "So… Is that thing dead?" Saiyaman grew solemn upon hearing that word. "I do not believe so. I think he has just passed out from the heat." He then put on a thoughtful face. "Unfortunately, I do not know what to do with him… No jail will hold him. At least none that I know."
Videl shared his sediment. "I agree. I don't know what can be done about him either." Gulping she added, "And I don't want to just kill him…" The two stared down at the ground for a moment thinking. Videl looked like an idea occurred to her and opened her mouth to speak. "How about-"
Videl was not able to finish, as a large hand grabbed her and pulled her away. Saiyaman helplessly yelled, "Videl!" as he watched the hand return to its position. Slug had managed to regain consciousness and was weakly standing upon a knee on the building. He jumped down on to the street, and Saiyaman could see that his eyes only showed hate. "Well Saiyaman? What will you do now?" He wheezed. "Watch helplessly as I crush the girl like a bug!"
Slug's face changed into concentration. Saiyaman could do nothing else but reach helplessly toward Videl. "Stop! Videl!" Saiyaman felt nothing else but desperation at that moment. He could do all of these amazing things but was powerless at this moment. He could not save one single person. Saiyaman felt a power build up inside of him. Seeking an exit, the power left his body from his outstretched hand. Out of his hand came a beam of pale yellow energy.
The beam came into contact with Slug's arm that was holding Videl. Slug let out a yell of agony and dropped Videl to where she began to fall toward the ground. Saiyaman forced himself to react to her danger and sped over to her falling form. He caught her in his arms and lowered her back onto the ground. The panting girl somehow managed to squeak out a "Thanks," to her savior.
Saiyaman nodded to her and refocused on his opponent. "Get away from here. He's still dangerous." He observed Videl leave his peripheral vison but kept his eyes focused on Slug as his battle instincts focused him to. Slug's right arm was horribly burned. The green skin on his arm had turned a blueish green and was smoking. The hero smelt the barest whiff of burning flesh.
The rest of Slug looked even worse than the condition his arm was in. He was panting heavily, trying to endure the pain coming from his arm nerves. He tried to move his arm but it only twitched in response to his command. Saiyaman noticed the action. "It's over Slug. You are in no condition to fight anymore. Give up."
"Give up! How could I give up?" Slug seethed. "Hate has been the only thing that gave me the power to live. How could I just give up now? You pathetic human. I'll make you suffer!"
Slug then griped his arm just under his shoulder. Saiyaman looked on, confused at his actions. Slug then gave out a mighty roar and pulled on it with his left arm. A moment passed before Slug's injured arm came free from the rest of his body in a spurt of blood and dropped lifelessly to the ground. Saiyaman could only look at Slug horrified at what he just saw.
"What is the matter with you? Why did you just rip your own arm off?" Saiyaman could not come up with a good answer for the strange scenario he had just witnessed. Slug's answer was to close his eyes in concentration. After a moment he yelled again. This time, out of where Slug's injured arm used to be, burst another arm.
Slug opened and closed his new fist with a smile on his face. "Well Saiyaman? Shall we continue?" Saiyaman did not give an answer and Lord Slug followed his surprised gaze to his new arm. He smirked and said, "What, surprised at my power? You humans are so feeble with your frail bodies." He allowed himself to glance at his arm for the first time and discovered why his enemy was so transfixed upon his arm.
Slug realized with horror that his arm had not regenerated properly. The normally well-defined muscle had popped out scrawny and pathetic. He also noticed that the new arm did not reach its full length and was about a half a foot short. The color was also off. The normal deep green was replaced in places with a raw light green.
Slug couldn't understand what had gone wrong with the regeneration. Why had his arm deformed so badly? Slug stood his ground staring at his arm and ignoring the world around him. Without warning, Slug felt a great onslaught of pain fill his head. He fell to his knees and tried to stop his fall with his arms. On all fours he started to wheeze heavily, saliva falling to the ground.
Saiyaman watched his enemy fall to the ground in obvious pain. His whole body took up all four lanes of the road. Despite all that had just happened, Gohan felt some sympathy for the guy hacking up a storm in front of him. He began to wonder what he should be doing right now. Slug answered his question for him.
Slug's massive arms gave out and gravity forced his body down on to the road. He looked up at his enemy standing in front of him. He reached out with his good arm at Saiyaman. The hero saw the most helpless look on the face of the once proud Namekian warrior, who wheezed, "Water… I need water… I'm dying…" Despite all of the battle instincts that told the warrior to let the Namekian die, Gohan hastily looked around the street to find a source of water. He saw an overturned hotdog cart laying by a music store and looked through its contents to try and find some water bottles at least. Based on Slug's size Gohan figured that it would take a swimming pool to satisfy the giant.
He only found a few bottles that weren't smashed and started to look around for another source, but ended up looking back at Slug. The Namekian had started to shrink in response to his condition, but his upper body seemed to be shrinking faster than his lower body. His skin was also becoming wrinkled. Gohan realized that he wasn't a doctor, but he deduced that Slug needed water bad.
He stopped his plan to find more water and instead ran over to the prone alien. He put the bottles down beside the alien's head and noticed that the shrinking had stopped, leaving Slug somewhere between giant and normal. He lifted up on Slug's head to search for signs of life but saw none. Despite himself, Saiyaman stood up shakily.
He's dead Gohan. There's nothing that you can do. Gohan mind reeled at the new voice. Piccolo! What just happened? Slug's dead?
Yes. We Namekians only require water to live, but it is very essential in our bodies. Our bodies will shut down much quicker than human's bodies when faced with dehydration. A sane Namekian would not fight on low water reserves and especially not expand their body to that size with low water. Slug was just not focused on his wellbeing in his desire to kill. All of these factors combined with the heat seriously diminished his water supply.
The final straw was his forced regeneration. His already low water supply was spread out even thinner upon that action. As you could see, there wasn't enough water left to complete the regeneration of his cells.
So that's it. He died from water loss… Why do I feel so guilty? I feel like I killed the guy!
Don't feel guilty Gohan. You did what you had to. It was his desire to destroy that in the end killed him. You gave him every option to surrender. He did not. You can't let this death change you Gohan.
Gohan remained silent. Think of how many people you saved Gohan. That girl standing behind you, for instance. Saiyaman processed this information quickly and spun around to see Videl standing a few paces behind him. "Miss Videl. You're back…" Videl nodded and walked over to stand beside Saiyaman. The two just stood there looking at the dead alien in silence.
Gohan… There is one more thing… As he and I where once the same creature, we are connected in a spiritual bond. I do not know how his death will affect me. It may speed my own death along. So… The speaking abruptly stopped. Gohan almost thought something to Piccolo, but his telepathy continued. …send you mental training. Just think of me and follow your instincts to access them.
I will leave you one last thing. Make us proud, Gohan.
Before Gohan could respond, he felt Piccolo's presence leave him. So Piccolo's gone then… Who is "us"? He would have continued to think, but felt Videl nudge him. "Hello? Earth to Saiyaman? You there?" Saiyaman turned to Videl and laughed. "Yeah sorry. I was just thinking. Did you ask something?"
Videl nodded. "Yeah. I asked if he was dead. Did you kill him?" Saiyaman flinched at the question, but answered truthfully, "He's dead, but I didn't kill him. I think he was malnourished and died due to dehydration." Videl smiled. "Good. I don't think I could ever support you if you did…" After a pause she added, "So what are you going to do now? Give this thing to the police?"
Saiyaman shook his head. "No I'm not going to do that. I think I'll go bury him. He at least deserves that much." Videl seemed to agree with him. "I think that's the best move. I heard a little of what he said earlier. I also recognize the look in his eyes. He was so full of hate… Like he didn't feel as if he had a choice."
A moment passed, before Saiyaman said, "I'm going to leave now. Before the police arrive and start to ask questions." Videl nodded her agreement and Saiyaman began to make his way under the semi giant. Saiyaman did his best to balance the body but before he could leave Videl interrupted him. "Wait! How do you do these things…?" She gestured to indicate his strength.
Saiyaman just shrugged. "Don't know."
"Don't know! What do you mean you don't know? You can fly and lift cars and you don't know how?"
"Sounds about right."
"How is that possible? How could you not know?"
Saiyaman thought for a moment. "How do you convert food to energy?" Videl just looked at him perplexed. "Well it's converted to nutrients and then… I don't know the specifics. What does that even matter?" Saiyaman smiled. "Then why does it matter to me?" He then blasted off before Videl could respond.
Angry, she watched him fly away before yelling, "Don't you just run away! I'm going to figure out who you are, Saiyaman! Count on it!"
The burden upon Gohan's shoulders was heavy and he was tired, but he managed to carry Slug's half giant body out of the city limits. He flew over to a heavy forested area a couple of miles outside the city and descended much quicker than Gohan hoped. His knees buckled against the ground, but he stood his ground. He gently put Slug down and began to think about his next plan.
He grimly noticed the absence of a shovel, and figured that he would have to dig with his hands. Signing he reluctantly began to dig in an area.
His slow digging was interrupted by another presence arriving at the area. He looked up to see Dende slowly descending holding two shovels. Gohan stood up, excited to see his friend. "Dende! You're back! I wasn't expecting to see you back so soon!" Dende smiled to Gohan and said, "Yes, I have returned. My journey around the Earth, while short, was enlightening. I have learned much about this world."
The realization of the situation hit Gohan like a fist. Oh no… He looked back at the dead Namekian. Does Dende blame me for Slug's death? Does he think that I killed another Namekian? He has already been a part of humans degrading Namekians. What is he here to do?
Dende seemed to notice his hesitation. "It's alright Gohan." He then lifted up a shovel. "Do you want to continue digging? I wish to help." Gohan smiled and nodded before taking the shovel. The two then began to dig in silence. Dende eventually broke the silence. "So Gohan. This man… Slug was it? He was once the same being as my parent." Gohan affirmed the statement with a nod. "Our people are a peaceful race by nature. The evil that my parent witnessed eventually became too much for him to bear. He then was forced to purge the evil as a separate being. This being, this Slug, could not even function normally, due to his hateful heart. It consumed him."
"This is all that I learned from my parent and from observing the situation." Dende finished his brief summery. The two then again dug in silence, the only sounds coming from the collision of dirt and metal.
Gohan then felt like he had to say something. "Dende… Listen. I didn't want Slug to die… I was just trying to defend the city and-" Dende cut him off. "Gohan, stop. I do not blame you for the death of my brother. You did what you had to do. I was actually watching the entire fight from a distance."
That Gohan didn't know. "I didn't know you were there! So you saw everything, then."
Dende replied, "Yes. I saw Slug trying to kill and destroy people. I also saw you trying to save him." Dende then stopped digging their makeshift grave and looked at Gohan. The absence of sound forced Gohan to look at his friend. "Even after Slug tried to destroy the city and kill that other human, you tried to save his life. I don't believe that the other humans would react the same way."
Gohan didn't respond. The Namekian continued, "After seeing you react that way, I reached a decision. I want to be like you. I want to aid you in helping people. While I have no reason to help these people, you had no reason in helping my fallen brother. I want to join you in being a superzero."
Gohan couldn't stop the laugh. "It's superhero Dende… And I think that's a great idea. You can show the world just how good your people can be. I support you."
Dende smiled and said, "Good. I'm glad you think that way. I just need to figure out how to live and become a part of your city without scaring people." Gohan couldn't come up with an answer immediately and the two eventually finished the extremely large grave. Gohan lifted up on the upper body of the semi-giant while Dende lifted up the lower body with some difficulty.
He must not quite as strong as Slug yet. But if Slug is anything to go by, Dende could be really strong soon enough.
They lowered the fallen Namekian into the ground and began to cover him up with dirt. Gohan remembered Piccolo. "Oh yeah… Dende, what should we do with Piccolo?" The Namekian frowned and said, "I do not wish to bury him immediately. I believe that he could eventually recover. We should do something about his body, however."
Gohan thought for a moment and said, "We could cover up his cave with a stone or something. It's the best thing I can come up with right now." Dende smiled and said, "Works for me."
After finishing the grave, the two paid their respects to the fallen Namekian and left for Piccolo's cave to cover another.
"Uh Gohan, are you sure that we can trust this person?" Dende asked his friend.
"Well… Not really, but she is the only one who I think can help. I've talked to her once and I trust her greatly." Gohan realized that his sales pitch wasn't the greatest, but Bulma was the only person in the city that he knew to go to for help. He couldn't let Dende come home with him, for obvious reasons, and anyone else didn't make sense. He didn't want to force Dende to live somewhere by himself like a loner. So the list was narrowed down to Bulma. She did owe him one, after all.
The two were standing in front of Bulma's resistance after neatly flying over her gate and security. Gohan gathered up the courage and ringed Bulma's intercom. He was answered by a younger sounding girl. "Yes? Who is it?"
Gohan, currently Saiyaman, cleared his throat and answered. "Excuse me Miss. This is Saiyaman. Is Mrs. Briefs here?" A pause. Then Gohan heard a fading voice yelling, "Heyyyyy. Mommmm! The superhero guy is at the door!"
Gohan wondered when superheroes started giving house calls. Eventually the door opened and Bulma Briefs still dressed in work clothes answered the door. She said happily, "So Saiyaman? Here to gloat about your heroic efforts to-" She suddenly stopped upon seeing Dende standing beside the glowing superhero.
Gohan suddenly became nervous and hesitantly said, "So uh… This guy here is Dende. He's a-"
"Are you a Namekian!?" Bulma suddenly exclaimed. "I didn't know there were more of you here! Do you know Piccolo?"
Dende hesitantly said, "Yes. He is my parent. How do you know him?"
Gohan also had questions. "How do you know him!?"
Bulma scoffed before saying, "I know more than you think I know. The green bean and I go way back. Before Trunks or Bulla were even born. But-" She then looked around the area. "-We should go inside. I have a feeling that we have much to discuss."
She then went into her house, beckoning the teenagers in with her. The two entered, wondering how everything was going to go now.
Light-years away from Earth, a lone spaceship was traveling through the infinite void. The spaceship was shaped like an expanded disk with yellow bulges around the exterior. Inside, the ship's captain sat alone in his chair catching up on reports from across his empire. It was times like this that the captain loved. Peace and quiet. He never was one for conversation.
So when one of his subjects entered the door and interrupted him, he became angry. He decided to wait for the soldier to report before he killed him. "Speak."
The soldier stood at attention, terrified of his master. He gulped, feeling hotter as the temperature in the room lessened. "L-Lord. We have been searching the galaxy for Blutz waves as you have commanded. We have located a planet in the galaxy that seems to be releasing a tremendous amount of Blutz waves."
The ruler lessened his gaze, the temperature returning to normal. "Excellent. Most excellent. So you think that he could be there?"
The alien was afraid of placing the blame on him, in case scanners were reporting false alarms, so he responded with, "It's highly possible, my lord."
The lord's mouth changed into a smile. "Excellent. Then change our course from my home planet to this planet. Let's pay our friend Vegeta a visit."
The soldier saluted and answered with, "Yes, Lord Freiza."
AN: So the Namekian Arc is over. I guess I should go ahead and reveal some of my plans for this story. I want to have a full-fledged superhero team like the Justice League or Avengers by the end of the story. Gohan and Dende are the first two. Go ahead and guess some of the other heroes I have planned. It'll be fun.
So we have Superman and Martian Manhunter already in the story. Stay tuned to see other characters introduced. One question though. Would you guys be okay with a canon hero who has non-canon powers? I have a few characters in mind. I just don't want to go overboard. So feedback would be appreciated.
