Nynaeve al'Meara: Nope, never been to Alaska. I might be able to handle southern Alaska where it's not as cold, but there's no way I could deal with Northern Alaska.
Chapter Seven: The Alaskan War, Part Two
Piccolo pulled to a stop and looked down. He'd found his target. Five of the large Sentinels stood around the smaller Prime Sentinel. He couldn't see anything special about it other than its smaller size. He dropped straight down smashing his way down through the middle of one of the Sentinels as he dropped. He came to a stop a foot above the snow covered ground and moved back as the large machine crumbled.
With a smirk he thrust his arms up and blasted off twin streams of energy. Each cut through the upper bodies of a different Sentinel lifting them off the ground a couple feet before dropping them again. By this time the two remain machines had spotted him and turned. Each raised their arms, small, round, crystal like objects on their palms glowing. Piccolo lifted straight into the air as the energy surged forth and impacted where he'd been standing.
He drifted around to the side of them to line them up. With another smirk his eyes sparked and twin beams of energy cut through the air, and the heads of the two Sentinels. As the last of the Sentinels collapsed and Piccolo dropped down to deal with the Prime Sentinel. The machine turned toward him, pulled back a fist, and swung. There was a crack as its fist connected with Piccolo's face... to no effect. The Namek reached out an arm and fired a point blank stream of green energy right through its chest causing it to explode. "Humph. That was easy." There was a loud crack and Piccolo's eyes suddenly bulged, his mouth snapping open in pain and shock, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
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Videl relaxed a bit as another Sentinel fell over. "These things are everywhere, and I still haven't found that Prime thing." She looked around but could only see a few trees here and there and a couple of the tall Sentinels. She frowned and looked up to get a bearing of the fields center. /I'm in the right place.../ She looked down again and as she did she saw a small air ship of sorts a few hundred yards away. "That must be it."
She took off toward the ship quickly and reached it within a few seconds. A peek in through a side window revealed that the ship was carrying the Prime Sentinel. With a grin Videl flew backward and moved her arms out. Light purple energy sparked around her hands for a few seconds and then shot forward tearing into the ship and destroying it. She watched as the Prime Sentinel began to fall, but suddenly bursts of flame came from it's feet and it stabilized.
Then it began lifting up toward her and she slid into a fighting position. The Prime Sentinel moved in quickly, thrusters in it's back shooting it forward. Videl brought her arm up quickly to block it's punch as it's left arm came shooting forward. The metal fist smacked into her arm with a loud crack. Her eyes opened in shock and pain for a second, before her scream of pain rang out. She gripped her broken arm and drifted back from the machine before her, unsure what to do.
Gritting her teeth she realized she only had one chance. She let go of her injured arm and pulled her good arm back to her side, hoping she could pull it off. Gohan hadn't exactly finished teaching her the attack yet... "Kaaaa... Meeee... Haaaa... Meeee... Haaaaaaa!" She thrust her arm forward firing the stream of blue energy right for the Prime Sentinel. The machine reached up both hands and caught the attack, holding it at bay without trouble. It only took a few moments for Videl's energy to run out and she began to fall.
The Prime Sentinel dropped down after her quickly, catching her before she hit. Turning it looked off into the distance and lined up the location of the flying fortress. Locking on to its destination it slung her over its shoulder and took off through the air.
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As the light faded Siren gaped at Gotenks. She'd never heard of anything like that before... they'd... merged! Gotenks smirked. "Oh yeah, I ro.... Hey!" he cried in his double voice, looking down at himself. "Man... this sucks." he said gauging his power. "Oh well." he shrugged and shot in at Cain. He flew up to the side of him and lashed out with a kick at the large man's helmeted head. His foot connected with a crack but still did nothing to him.
"What! No way, I'm that weak?" Gotenks pouted. "Alright then! Level two!" In a flash of gold he transformed to the second level. With a grin he shot in at Juggernaut again. He sped in toward his chest and landed a hard punch with a resounding crack that caused Cain to slid backward in the snow for several feet. "Now that's better!" Gotenks cheered grinning. Suddenly he looked off to his right... /Gohan? Focus Gotenks, deal with this first!/
Gotenks moved in again but this time one of Cain's fists lashed out and caught him across the jaw knocking him back. The Fusion managed to slip to the left just as one of the large man's giant feet came crashing down into the snow. His eyes widened and he quickly ducked as another fist swipe came toward his head passing by only inches above his face.
He shot up into the air quickly and floated there, looking down at Cain. /Well, at least he can't fly./ he thought, crossing his arms. Suddenly he began to smirk. He pulled his head back slightly, took a deep breath, and then released three Super Ghosts. Juggernaut, Siren, and the Mutants in the area not busy fighting a Sentinel stared at the three floating... things. "Alright guys, Attack!" Gotenks cried pointing down at Juggernaut.
The three grinning ghosts sped down toward the large man quickly. As the first reached him Cain tried to swat it away causing it to explode and throw him back several yards. As he slammed down into the snow the two remaining ghosts came down from above and exploded as well. When the light and smoke died it revealed an exposed section of rock where the snow had been completely melted, and Cain laying there unconscious. Gotenks thrust his arm out and gave Siren the victory sign, a big grin plastered across his face.
Then he turned and counted the remaining Sentinels in the area. /29, right, no problem!/ After another deep breath he released a slew of new Super Ghosts, one for each remaining Sentinel. An instant later they were bolting across the sky at the large machines. After twenty-nine consecutive explosions all that remained was twenty-nine piles of scrap metal.
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Captain America bent down and looked at the unconscious Gohan. "Very interesting Mutant indeed..." he said softly. He reached up and touched a transmitter button on his outfit. "Fury, you watching this?" he asked.
"Yes." came the muffled and static filled reply. "Send them both back, they could be useful. We've already got two others of interest as well."
"Understood." He released the button and grabbed Gohan slinging him over one shoulder. He moved across the way to where Kurt still laid and hefted him up as well on to his other shoulder. Depressing another button he waited a moment until a hovering platform of sorts descended to his location and climbed on. He dropped the two bodies onto the plat form and then programmed it to return to the fortress. That done he climbed off again and the platform took off.
Turning he gazed across the frozen battlefield. There were downed Sentinels and Mutants here and there, as well as a number of continuing fights. He spotted a Mutant near-by and pitched his shield to hit him from behind. It never reached it's target however as a golden streak surged down from above and drove it into the snow. Captain America cocked an eyebrow at the sight of another mutant like the one he'd just fought, only this one was younger and had a blue and yellow glow.
"Where's Gohan!?" Gotenks demanded crossing his arms.
"Gone." Captain America replied. "On his way back to the fortress with the other Mutant. If you'd like, I can send you to join him."
Gotenks growled and shot in at the other man quickly. The man pulled back his fist and swung it at the charging child but Gotenks slipped beneath it easily. In a flash he spun around and lashed out with his foot slamming it into Captain America's stomach with a loud crack that sent him reeling backward a couple dozen yards. Before he could hit the ground Gotenks appeared above him and drove him down through the snow and ice and into the rock beneath it knocking him out. As he drifted up out of the snow crater he'd formed he looked around for any signs of Gohan but couldn't find any.
His eyes widened suddenly as a fist appeared out of no where and surged directly at his face. Before he had a chance to do anything it connected with a resounding crack and Gotenks fell over backwards, his aura vanishing, and his hair returning to normal.
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Goku launched in at Colossus again. This time when the large Mutant took a swing at him he caught his fist in one hand. With a tug he pulled Colossus off his feet and threw him a few feet into the air. He thrust up an arm and fired a low powered energy blast at the collar about the Mutant's neck but he brought his arms up and blocked the attack. A second later Colossus came crashing back down into the snow sinking almost waist deep.
Goku sped across the surface toward the other man again. As he neared Colossus the large man suddenly pulled free of the snow and jammed his knee into Goku's face. The blow caught Goku by surprise and knocked him skyward a few feet. It only took a second for him to regain his balance and stop his ascent. Looking down he found Colossus pulling a large rock out of the ground from beneath the snow.
In a flash he charged down and smashed his foot into Piotr's face knocking him over. He stretched out an arm and fired stream of golden energy at the collar yet again. This time it connected and tore through destroying the device. A second later Piotr reverted to his normal state and he passed out.
"Well done friend." Hank said walking over. "We can handle the rest of the Sentinels here for now, take him back to the base, and as many of the others as you can to please."
"Sure thing." Goku said bending down and picking up the fallen Mutant. He went about the area getting the other injured Mutants as well before taking off for the base again leaving Hank and those still fit to fight to deal with the remaining Sentinels.
Chapter Seven: The Alaskan War, Part Two
Piccolo pulled to a stop and looked down. He'd found his target. Five of the large Sentinels stood around the smaller Prime Sentinel. He couldn't see anything special about it other than its smaller size. He dropped straight down smashing his way down through the middle of one of the Sentinels as he dropped. He came to a stop a foot above the snow covered ground and moved back as the large machine crumbled.
With a smirk he thrust his arms up and blasted off twin streams of energy. Each cut through the upper bodies of a different Sentinel lifting them off the ground a couple feet before dropping them again. By this time the two remain machines had spotted him and turned. Each raised their arms, small, round, crystal like objects on their palms glowing. Piccolo lifted straight into the air as the energy surged forth and impacted where he'd been standing.
He drifted around to the side of them to line them up. With another smirk his eyes sparked and twin beams of energy cut through the air, and the heads of the two Sentinels. As the last of the Sentinels collapsed and Piccolo dropped down to deal with the Prime Sentinel. The machine turned toward him, pulled back a fist, and swung. There was a crack as its fist connected with Piccolo's face... to no effect. The Namek reached out an arm and fired a point blank stream of green energy right through its chest causing it to explode. "Humph. That was easy." There was a loud crack and Piccolo's eyes suddenly bulged, his mouth snapping open in pain and shock, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
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Videl relaxed a bit as another Sentinel fell over. "These things are everywhere, and I still haven't found that Prime thing." She looked around but could only see a few trees here and there and a couple of the tall Sentinels. She frowned and looked up to get a bearing of the fields center. /I'm in the right place.../ She looked down again and as she did she saw a small air ship of sorts a few hundred yards away. "That must be it."
She took off toward the ship quickly and reached it within a few seconds. A peek in through a side window revealed that the ship was carrying the Prime Sentinel. With a grin Videl flew backward and moved her arms out. Light purple energy sparked around her hands for a few seconds and then shot forward tearing into the ship and destroying it. She watched as the Prime Sentinel began to fall, but suddenly bursts of flame came from it's feet and it stabilized.
Then it began lifting up toward her and she slid into a fighting position. The Prime Sentinel moved in quickly, thrusters in it's back shooting it forward. Videl brought her arm up quickly to block it's punch as it's left arm came shooting forward. The metal fist smacked into her arm with a loud crack. Her eyes opened in shock and pain for a second, before her scream of pain rang out. She gripped her broken arm and drifted back from the machine before her, unsure what to do.
Gritting her teeth she realized she only had one chance. She let go of her injured arm and pulled her good arm back to her side, hoping she could pull it off. Gohan hadn't exactly finished teaching her the attack yet... "Kaaaa... Meeee... Haaaa... Meeee... Haaaaaaa!" She thrust her arm forward firing the stream of blue energy right for the Prime Sentinel. The machine reached up both hands and caught the attack, holding it at bay without trouble. It only took a few moments for Videl's energy to run out and she began to fall.
The Prime Sentinel dropped down after her quickly, catching her before she hit. Turning it looked off into the distance and lined up the location of the flying fortress. Locking on to its destination it slung her over its shoulder and took off through the air.
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As the light faded Siren gaped at Gotenks. She'd never heard of anything like that before... they'd... merged! Gotenks smirked. "Oh yeah, I ro.... Hey!" he cried in his double voice, looking down at himself. "Man... this sucks." he said gauging his power. "Oh well." he shrugged and shot in at Cain. He flew up to the side of him and lashed out with a kick at the large man's helmeted head. His foot connected with a crack but still did nothing to him.
"What! No way, I'm that weak?" Gotenks pouted. "Alright then! Level two!" In a flash of gold he transformed to the second level. With a grin he shot in at Juggernaut again. He sped in toward his chest and landed a hard punch with a resounding crack that caused Cain to slid backward in the snow for several feet. "Now that's better!" Gotenks cheered grinning. Suddenly he looked off to his right... /Gohan? Focus Gotenks, deal with this first!/
Gotenks moved in again but this time one of Cain's fists lashed out and caught him across the jaw knocking him back. The Fusion managed to slip to the left just as one of the large man's giant feet came crashing down into the snow. His eyes widened and he quickly ducked as another fist swipe came toward his head passing by only inches above his face.
He shot up into the air quickly and floated there, looking down at Cain. /Well, at least he can't fly./ he thought, crossing his arms. Suddenly he began to smirk. He pulled his head back slightly, took a deep breath, and then released three Super Ghosts. Juggernaut, Siren, and the Mutants in the area not busy fighting a Sentinel stared at the three floating... things. "Alright guys, Attack!" Gotenks cried pointing down at Juggernaut.
The three grinning ghosts sped down toward the large man quickly. As the first reached him Cain tried to swat it away causing it to explode and throw him back several yards. As he slammed down into the snow the two remaining ghosts came down from above and exploded as well. When the light and smoke died it revealed an exposed section of rock where the snow had been completely melted, and Cain laying there unconscious. Gotenks thrust his arm out and gave Siren the victory sign, a big grin plastered across his face.
Then he turned and counted the remaining Sentinels in the area. /29, right, no problem!/ After another deep breath he released a slew of new Super Ghosts, one for each remaining Sentinel. An instant later they were bolting across the sky at the large machines. After twenty-nine consecutive explosions all that remained was twenty-nine piles of scrap metal.
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Captain America bent down and looked at the unconscious Gohan. "Very interesting Mutant indeed..." he said softly. He reached up and touched a transmitter button on his outfit. "Fury, you watching this?" he asked.
"Yes." came the muffled and static filled reply. "Send them both back, they could be useful. We've already got two others of interest as well."
"Understood." He released the button and grabbed Gohan slinging him over one shoulder. He moved across the way to where Kurt still laid and hefted him up as well on to his other shoulder. Depressing another button he waited a moment until a hovering platform of sorts descended to his location and climbed on. He dropped the two bodies onto the plat form and then programmed it to return to the fortress. That done he climbed off again and the platform took off.
Turning he gazed across the frozen battlefield. There were downed Sentinels and Mutants here and there, as well as a number of continuing fights. He spotted a Mutant near-by and pitched his shield to hit him from behind. It never reached it's target however as a golden streak surged down from above and drove it into the snow. Captain America cocked an eyebrow at the sight of another mutant like the one he'd just fought, only this one was younger and had a blue and yellow glow.
"Where's Gohan!?" Gotenks demanded crossing his arms.
"Gone." Captain America replied. "On his way back to the fortress with the other Mutant. If you'd like, I can send you to join him."
Gotenks growled and shot in at the other man quickly. The man pulled back his fist and swung it at the charging child but Gotenks slipped beneath it easily. In a flash he spun around and lashed out with his foot slamming it into Captain America's stomach with a loud crack that sent him reeling backward a couple dozen yards. Before he could hit the ground Gotenks appeared above him and drove him down through the snow and ice and into the rock beneath it knocking him out. As he drifted up out of the snow crater he'd formed he looked around for any signs of Gohan but couldn't find any.
His eyes widened suddenly as a fist appeared out of no where and surged directly at his face. Before he had a chance to do anything it connected with a resounding crack and Gotenks fell over backwards, his aura vanishing, and his hair returning to normal.
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Goku launched in at Colossus again. This time when the large Mutant took a swing at him he caught his fist in one hand. With a tug he pulled Colossus off his feet and threw him a few feet into the air. He thrust up an arm and fired a low powered energy blast at the collar about the Mutant's neck but he brought his arms up and blocked the attack. A second later Colossus came crashing back down into the snow sinking almost waist deep.
Goku sped across the surface toward the other man again. As he neared Colossus the large man suddenly pulled free of the snow and jammed his knee into Goku's face. The blow caught Goku by surprise and knocked him skyward a few feet. It only took a second for him to regain his balance and stop his ascent. Looking down he found Colossus pulling a large rock out of the ground from beneath the snow.
In a flash he charged down and smashed his foot into Piotr's face knocking him over. He stretched out an arm and fired stream of golden energy at the collar yet again. This time it connected and tore through destroying the device. A second later Piotr reverted to his normal state and he passed out.
"Well done friend." Hank said walking over. "We can handle the rest of the Sentinels here for now, take him back to the base, and as many of the others as you can to please."
"Sure thing." Goku said bending down and picking up the fallen Mutant. He went about the area getting the other injured Mutants as well before taking off for the base again leaving Hank and those still fit to fight to deal with the remaining Sentinels.